Artificial Intelligence (AI) is sparking a new revolution in medicine and healthcare, primarily for image analysis and disease modeling, but its impact on people’s health, according to a new study by the Polytechnic University of Valencia and WHO. is still limited. In the International Journal of Medical Informatics.
AI is being used in many ways in healthcare, from molecular and genetic testing to medical imaging to diagnostic code analysis. It is also used to predict infectious disease outbreaks as part of health emergency protection programs. However, its application is still limited and mostly used only in laboratories and tests, the study said. AI clinical practice is still lacking. “
Dr Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Director of WHO/Europe’s National Health Policy and Systems Division, and Dr David Novillo-Ortiz, Regional Advisor on Data and Digital Health, are among the authors of the paper, along with experts from Universitat . Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. This paper reached its conclusion after reviewing 129 studies and a systematic review.
Digital data interventions can improve people’s health
AI can automate tasks and provide powerful tools to support and inform clinicians, epidemiologists, and policy makers about the most efficient strategies for promoting health at the population and individual levels. said the paper.
Looking to the future, the paper also mentions that the use of digital data may improve people’s health and well-being and better protect them from emergencies. “The use of machine learning algorithms in population-based clinical decision-making using
Many of the reviews conclude that AI and machine learning “play a critical role in helping clinicians identify specific indicators” leading to better diagnoses, treatments and outcomes, but they also offer benefits to science. To make real progress in bringing about, the methodological aspects need to be properly considered. , universal healthcare.
Health systems will be able to improve the quality of universal health coverage and better respond to emergencies in the future through AI modeling, the authors say.
In a related development, WHO/Europe reported earlier this year that “advancements in big data and artificial intelligence are opening up new opportunities to monitor health and combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs).”
