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By Trent Sanders, Vice President for U.S. Healthcare at Kyndryl
Generative AI is emerging as a beacon of innovation across the healthcare industry, promising to enhance patient care, streamline operations and drive efficiencies.
A subset of AI, generative AI uses algorithms to generate new information based on existing data. In healthcare, this technology has the potential to revolutionize various aspects of patient care, including creating personalized treatment plans. For example, generative AI can analyze vast amounts of a patient’s data, identify patterns and then generate tailored treatment recommendations that improve patient outcomes.
Generative AI can also play a crucial role in medical imaging. By generating synthetic information based on existing data, AI algorithms can enhance the accuracy of medical image analysis — “completing the digital picture” to aid in disease detection and diagnoses. Similarly, generative AI can supercharge the development of new drugs by modeling the effects of potential treatments.