College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Sep 2;43:3. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.43.3.33384. eCollection 2022.
This essay examines the state of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based technology applications in healthcare and the impact they have on the industry. This study comprised a detailed review of the literature and analyzed real-world examples of AI applications in healthcare. The findings show that major hospitals use AI-based technology to enhance knowledge and skills of their healthcare professionals for patient diagnosis and treatment. AI systems have also been shown to improve the efficiency and management of hospitals´ nursing and managerial functions. Healthcare providers are positively accepting AI in multiple arenas. However, its applications offer both the utopian (new opportunities) as well as the dystopian (challenges). Unlike pessimists, AI should not be seen a potential source of "Digital Dictatorship" in future of 22 century. To provide a balanced view on the potential and challenges of AI in healthcare, we discuss these details. It is evident that AI and related technologies are rapidly evolving and will allow care providers to create new value for patients and improve their operational efficiency. Effective AI applications will require planning and strategies that transform both the care service and the operations in order to reap the benefits.
这篇文章探讨了人工智能（AI）技术在医疗保健领域的应用现状及其对该行业的影响。本研究包括对文献的详细回顾，并分析了 AI 在医疗保健中的实际应用案例。研究结果表明，大型医院利用基于人工智能的技术来提高医疗专业人员的知识和技能，以进行患者诊断和治疗。人工智能系统还提高了医院护理和管理职能的效率和管理水平。医疗保健提供者在多个领域都积极接受人工智能。然而，它的应用带来了既美好（新机遇）又黑暗（挑战）的影响。与悲观主义者不同，人工智能不应该被视为 22 世纪未来“数字独裁”的潜在来源。为了全面看待人工智能在医疗保健中的潜力和挑战，我们将详细讨论这些问题。显然，人工智能和相关技术正在迅速发展，将允许医疗服务提供者为患者创造新的价值并提高其运营效率。有效的人工智能应用需要规划和策略，以改变服务和运营，从而获得收益。
