INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Fundamental Theory for Successful A.I. Adoption by Healthcare Industry Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen an unprecedented interest and growth, both in terms of academic research and rapid industry adoption. As per numerous academic researchers and industry leaders, in 2020, no one had imagined the progress and development that this field has experienced. They are still in awe at how this technology, still in its nascence, is aiding with ground-breaking abilities to perform critical tasks which until recently were considered not feasible! However, most people in general still corroborate AI to ‘Terminator Movies’ of the yesteryears. This is further relevant in the healthcare industry where ‘healthcare data of any patient or product’ is extremely sensitive and thereby exceptionally challenging to acquire. This human perception needs to change and it is only possible through education, explainability and fabrication of fundamental principles, that shall guide in AI Adoption by Industry in a safe, secure and regulated fashion, reducing the risk of conflict and fatalities. The authors’ of this article deliberate on the progress, maturity, applications, challenges of AI and thereby positions a construct of such fundamental principles, derived through extensive research, industry experience, excerpts from industry leaders and journal literature survey. Abhishek Dutta and Pankaj Kandhari
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hile Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Home internet of things (IoTs) are the most popular IoT devices available widely in the market, they are still impaired in their ability to perform advanced activities described in the above quote from a popular movie franchise. Concurrently, the industry is severely stinted in being able to a) formalise data requirement, b) setup databases, c) tackle inherent bias, d) setup security measures, e) manage patient safety issues that may arise and f) introduce timely regulatory legislation to aid in effective governance and thereby adoption of AI. The world is at the edge of global transformation, heralding the advent of global digitalisation! It is different from
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A SI A N H O S P I T A L & H EA LT HCA R E M A N AGE M E N T
the prior era of digital globalisation where few enterprises concocted some maturedand standardised digital platforms to connect people across the world, whereas now in the age of global digitalisation it has become a quintessential necessity to synergise and deploy digital platforms. All this, while the industry and patients grapple with the reality of witnessing the commercial deployment of iteratively learning algorithms, in every facet of life. It is no different in the field of healthcare. Until very recently, there existed an acute lack of standardisationsand regularisation in software as medical devices (SaMDs) and the internet of medical things (IoMTs). This culminated in dearth of
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Tony Stark: "Check the heart, check the, check the, is it the brain?" J.A.R.V.I.S (AI): "My diagnosis is that you've experienced a severe anxiety attack."] -Iron Man and J.A.R.V.I.S, Iron Man 3, Marvel Cinematic Universe, 2013
