Healthcare AI: What It Can Do And Where It's Heading

Hospitals are already deploying AI to improve patient outcomes. One standout example is Kansas City’s Saint Luke’s Health System. After implementing Epic's Early Detection of Sepsis system, they achieved a 32% reduction in order-to-antibiotic turnaround time and a 16% decrease in mortality index—translating directly to lives saved.Similarly, AI has increased diagnostic precision, particularly in predicting cancer development or detecting cancers at earlier, more treatable stages. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated AI's potential by developing a model that predicts breast cancer development up to five years in advance with 31% accuracy, significantly outperforming traditional methods' 18% accuracy rate.