AI is already being used in healthcare. But not all of it is 'medical grade'

By Karin Verspoor, Dean, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University, RMIT University
David Hansen, CEO, Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
Enrico Coiera, Professor of Medical Informatics, Macquarie University

Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere these days, and healthcare is no exception.

There are computer vision tools that can detect suspicious skin lesions as well as a specialist dermatologist can. Other tools can predict coronary artery disease from scans. There are also data-driven robots that guide minimally-invasive surgery.

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