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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize personalized medicine and together with virtual heath assistants can accelerate faster patient care.
Nilesh Jahagirdar, co-founder & VP, Marketing & Solutions, [x]cube LABS, a digital transformation agency, noted that as a future trend, we will see that AI aims to mimic human cognitive functions. It is bringing a paradigm shift to healthcare, powered by the increasing availability of healthcare data and rapid progress of analytics techniques.
The Indian healthcare scenario presents a spectrum of contrasting landscapes. Here AI is a powerful and disruptive area of computer science with the potential to transform the practice of medicine fundamentally and the delivery of healthcare, he added.
AI could significantly improve efficiency in healthcare, improve processes, and enhance caregiver experience and patient safety through the care pathway. machine learning (ML) is being used to build decision support for diagnostics, as well as in predictive systems for prognostication.
The challenges of delivering quality healthcare at scale present a strong base for developing AI-based healthcare solutions in India. The advancements of AI are hastily changing the face of the healthcare industry in India. AI boosts the healthcare industry through a wide range of applications, such as getting a better understanding of human biology at a genetic level, managing patient data, and enhancing the functioning of hospitals for a better understanding of the patient’s emotional state, said Jahagirdar.
AI, using deep learning and neural networking, provides opportunities to help reduce human errors in the healthcare industry. Every year, roughly 40,000 + hospitalized patients suffer preventable harm with approximately 1 lakh fatalities. In light of that, AI can predict and diagnose the disease at a faster rate than most medical professionals. Integrating AI into healthcare holds excellent potential to improve patients' health and improve disease diagnosis, and treatment recommendations. AI tools can maximise the largest database and identify patterns to surpass human performances. It can revolutionize personalized medicine, provide virtual health assistants, improve patient education, and influence patient-physician trust, he said.
Personalized treatment, also known as precision medicine or personalized medicine aims to improve patient outcomes by providing targeted interventions that are more effective, efficient, and safe. AI has emerged as a valuable tool in advancing personalized treatment, offering the potential to analyze complex datasets, predict outcomes, and optimize treatment strategies. The potential applications of AI in assisting clinicians with treatment decisions, particularly in predicting therapy response, have gained recognition, he said.
With increasing demands of healthcare services and limited resources worldwide, virtual health assistance is transforming the healthcare industry. It is designed to simulate human conversation to offer personalized patient care based on input from the patient. In fact AI virtual assistants can help patients identify the underlying problem based on the symptoms, provide medical advice, remind medications, and monitor vital signs. By taking off some of these responsibilities, AI virtual assistants can help reduce the workload for healthcare providers and improve patient outcomes, said Jahagirdar.
Overall, AI has the potential to significantly improve the quality, efficiency, and cost of healthcare delivery while also increasing patient engagement and providing a better experience for them. Further, AI can play a significant role increasing the digital literacy of healthcare professionals. AI-powered tools, such as resources and training, overcome some of the barriers to digital literacy. For example, AI-powered chatbots can provide on-demand assistance to related to EHRs (electronic health records), he said.
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