By increasing productivity, improving patient care, and facilitating ground-breaking research, artificial intelligence (AI) is completely changing the healthcare industry. By spending more over Rs 300 crore on digital infrastructure to incorporate AI into healthcare processes, AIIMS, Delhi, is setting the standard. AIIMS director Dr. M Srinivas stressed that the use of AI may improve productivity, cut down on delays, and promote top-notch research. Additionally, he emphasized how AI can empower people, improve their interaction with healthcare systems, and simplify and disseminate health information—all of which contribute to better health outcomes.
How AI could close important gaps in health communication and make it more patient-centered, dependable, and accessible was one of the main topics of discussion during the event. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s chief technical advisor, Dr. Kavita Narayan, emphasized that AI has the potential to improve healthcare’s precision, empathy, and equity. She underlined the significance of careful integration and cooperation between legislators, technology developers, and healthcare professionals for this change to occur.
Humate, a specially trained AI model developed by Daleep Singh Manhas, CEO of Healthpresso, is a notable illustration of AI’s potential in healthcare communication. To guarantee that the data it produces is correct and current, Humate is trained on millions of data points from reliable medical sources like PubMed and The Lancet. Manhas described how Humate tackles the problem that 63% of people have trouble understanding medical content by breaking down complicated medical topics into easily understood formats. Humate provides patients with trustworthy and intelligible information by utilizing interactive technologies, text, and images.
Experts warn against relying too much on AI at the expense of interpersonal relationships, though. While AI improves accuracy and efficiency, healthcare must strike a balance between technology and empathy, according to Dr. KP Kochhar of AIIMS. AI should be used in healthcare to supplement, not to replace, the human touch.
A demand for the ethical and responsible integration of AI into healthcare systems marked the end of the talks at AIIMS. In order to use AI for the greater good, policymakers, technologists, and healthcare practitioners were advised to work together. In order to bridge gaps in health knowledge and patient education for a healthy society, it is anticipated that as AI develops further, its careful application will make healthcare communication more patient-centric, inclusive, and dependable.
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ECONOMIC TIMES
