How AI revolutionized the Health Care sector

Abuzer Aslam Khan
4 min readOct 13, 2024

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A breakdown of how AI changed the face of the healthcare industry.

In many ways, healthcare has pioneered tech, with the current adoption of AI being a revolutionary movement that’s revolutionizing patient experience and clinical and operational metrics. This article aims to understand the area of application for AI in the context of improving the outcome and efficiency of health care delivery at different stages including diagnosis, treatment, individual patient management, and management of the health care delivery systems.

1. INCREASING DIAGNOSTIC CORRECTNESS:

Possibly, one of the greatest advancements of AI in healthcare is to assist in the determination of a correct diagnosis. Right from images of body scans, patient’s biochemical parameters, health records that are fed to machines, the algorithms produce a highly accurate result. For instance, Google’s DeepMind has been shown to perform ocular disease diagnosis, and cancer diagnosis at a higher rate than human practitioners. These AI tools apply techniques such as deep learning to visualize the data in forms that the human eye cannot see, hence decrease the misdiagnosis levels, and increase the odds of timely action.

2. PERSONALIZED MEDICINE:

AI is also gradually creating a new model of individualized medicine and the approach to their treatment. Thus, genetic data and information about the patient’s lifestyle, even the social conditions of the population, allows using AI when developing a treatment plan. For example, AI algorithms can predict how patient genomes should be targeted to allow for matched therapeutic outcomes, leading to more effective drugs to be used in health consumer treatment. This shift towards individualized therapy processes not only improves patients’ satisfaction but also increases the effectiveness of the whole system, eliminating inefficiency of trying various treatment assignments with a patient.

3. PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS

Another astonishing feature of using AI in the healthcare field is its ability to make predictions. With the help of high amounts of info extracted from EHRs, wearable tools, and population-based data, AI can predict the emergence of diseases, hospitalization rates, or overall risks. The data helps healthcare organization, to distribute resources better, focus on the prevention strategies and make proper operational decisions. For instance, when it comes to patients’ readmission, predictive analytics would inform the healthcare provider early enough of patients most likely to be readmitted which would mean outreach and support can be provided to ensure such a patient is managed well in order to reduce incidents of readmission strongly associated with soaring costs of health care.

4. STANDARDISING WORK PROCESSES:

AI is also playing a very crucial role at the administrative level of the healthcare sector by extending efficiency as well as decreasing cost. For instance, self-organizing systems and tools with AI capability can take up simple activities in practice such as appointment setting, invoicing and processing of claims, so that medical professionals can bestow their time and effort on patients. In clinical notes, utilizing NLP improves documentation tools which are turned into structured information for actionable insights while maintaining compliance. There is a clear projected advantage in getting rid of redundant paperwork since it will upgrade the health care organizations practical tactics hence improving patients’ situation.

5. VIRTUAL HEALTH ASSISTANTS:

Another area introducing revolution in patients’ engagement is virtual health assistants often based with artificial intelligence. These chatbots and virtual agents help the patients to continue their healthcare appointments by giving instant information, answering queries, and even helping to recall when the next appointment or when a dose of a particular medication is due. They act as an intermediary between the healthcare consumer and the healthcare provider, creating some level of access that is incredibly helpful especially in a market that pivots toward the use of technology in communication.

CONCLUSION:

The effects of using artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry cannot be integrated as they are deep-seated. In this article, some of the ways in which AI is being applied in healthcare and is currently changing the face of delivery is demonstrated to include the following areas: Diagnosis and treatment plans Administration Patient involvement Finally, as AI flows through the healthcare settings, it has the potential of enhancing the practice of health care, the delivery of/patient/client outcomes, and the optimal healthcare system.

From these points, technological leaders, clinicians, and policy makers will remain central to the escalating use of AI into the future while embracing and responding to several crucial ethical consideration and integration issues. The future of healthcare depends on not only on innovations that we develop, but how successfully they are implemented for the benefit of people and societies throughout the world.

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Abuzer Aslam Khan
Abuzer Aslam Khan

Written by Abuzer Aslam Khan

A dedicated university student majoring in Artificial Intelligence and ECommerce. Committed to exploring innovative solutions.

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