INNOVATIONS If mobile is already entrenched as the digital technology shaping our everyday lives, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on the threshold of being the next all-pervasive and transformative development.The automation of health care by using machines that behave "intelligently" is the major application of AI in the health sector, encompassing everything from simple pattern recognition to "smart" objects like an AI-driven insulin pump to predictive data analytics (identifying, for example, patients most at risk for hospital readmission).AI is presently garnering attention and building momentum because the technology requirements are now being met.This includes computing power and storage, cloud computing, and most importantly the availability of big data sets.Add to this the ubiquitous connectivity that enables the Internet of Things (networked devices), which have the potential to act as the mechanical "body" to AI's mechanical "brain."
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