Current AI Trends in Healthcare

The history of AI in healthcare dates back to 1966, when Joseph Weizenbaum, a professor emeritus of computer science, developed ELIZA — the world’s first chatbot that mimics a patient-psychotherapist conversation. Since then, the use of artificial intelligence has expanded into areas such as diagnostic tools and radiological image analysis. The technology is progressively gaining broad acceptance from healthcare consumers, providers, and payors. As a result, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued its first global report on guidelines for using and designing artificial intelligence in healthcare in 2021. While there is growing adoption by the…