Top-down efforts are likely to be less effective in driving needed change
A May 12 article in The Washington Post, “Too Much AI May Not Be Good for Your Health or the NHS,” accurately identifies some limitations of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare, especially when AI is used to replace experienced professionals instead of being a tool for these health experts.
However, AI can’t replace humans, and this shouldn’t be the goal. The goal should be to enable healthcare professionals to leverage AI to reduce costs, improve patient outcomes and lighten healthcare professionals’ workload.
In addition, the article documents how top-down innovation efforts by Google and IBM aren’t working but fails to explain why. They are failing, in part, because legacy healthcare systems are slow and reluctant to change.
That’s why systemic innovation must come from the bottom up, empowering healthcare professionals to set the course in a technology driven environment.
The explosion of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates this point. The changing needs of patients and healthcare professionals drove historic innovation and transformation in the healthcare system.
Telemedicine is just the start and wearables, at-home testing, and blood pressure cuffs are just scratching the surface. The healthcare system will be forced to transform because innovators and consumers demand change, not because Google and IBM have developed new AI technology.
Healthcare Innovation Will Be Driven From the Bottom Up
Healthcare Innovation Will Be Driven From the Bottom Up
Top-down efforts are likely to be less effective in driving needed change
A May 12 article in The Washington Post, “Too Much AI May Not Be Good for Your Health or the NHS,” accurately identifies some limitations of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare, especially when AI is used to replace experienced professionals instead of being a tool for these health experts.
However, AI can’t replace humans, and this shouldn’t be the goal. The goal should be to enable healthcare professionals to leverage AI to reduce costs, improve patient outcomes and lighten healthcare professionals’ workload.
In addition, the article documents how top-down innovation efforts by Google and IBM aren’t working but fails to explain why. They are failing, in part, because legacy healthcare systems are slow and reluctant to change.
That’s why systemic innovation must come from the bottom up, empowering healthcare professionals to set the course in a technology driven environment.
The explosion of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates this point. The changing needs of patients and healthcare professionals drove historic innovation and transformation in the healthcare system.
Telemedicine is just the start and wearables, at-home testing, and blood pressure cuffs are just scratching the surface. The healthcare system will be forced to transform because innovators and consumers demand change, not because Google and IBM have developed new AI technology.