Article by Johan Harvard, Kurt McLauchlan, David Milestone, Barbara Ubaldi: “Ministers know they are running out of time and money. A fly on the wall in every minister of health’s office will tell you the same story: an inbox full of complaints, stories about backlogs, budget warnings from the finance ministry and messages from the prime minister’s office asking for “quick wins”.
The problem is that there are very few quick wins in health today. Health systems are understaffed, demand is rising and budgets are failing to keep pace. More than 4 billion people around the world still lack access to essential services. Health systems are expected to do more with less – and to do it now.
AI in Health: Promise and Pressure
Everyone is saying that artificial intelligence could be the answer, but no one knows where to start and there is significant risk in getting it wrong. What ministers need isn’t another one-off sales pitch, but a way to cut through the noise and to identify where AI can actually help. To do that they must work out what to prioritise politically and how to turn potential into results.
This paper introduces a practical framework that can help governments decide where AI is most usefully applied and outlines the enablers required to implement it at scale…(More)”.
