The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry: A Review Article of the Current Opportunities and Challenges (original) (raw)

2024, Austin Journal of Biomedical Engineering

The emergence of artificial intelligence within healthcare industry holds much promise. Artificial Intelligence in healthcare helps to enhance patient diagnoses, improve prevention and treatment, increase cost-efficiency, and serve as a way to provide equitable access and treatment for all. We performed a narrative review to describe existing literature with regard to role of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry. This review gathered the contemporary information throughout PubMed, Scopus, and Science Direct databases regarding the role of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry. This review study highlighted the current opportunities and challenges in the use of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry. We found that most studies indicate the potential of artificial intelligence to assist healthcare professionals in their duties, and improve medication precision, enhance decision-making and teamwork. In addition, the study revealed that artificial intelligence has proven beneficial in medical imaging, diagnosis and treatment, virtual health assistance, drug development, and medical research. However, accessing and utilizing patient data is a challenge due to privacy concerns. On the positive side, artificial intelligence presents several opportunities in healthcare industry, including improved patient monitoring, managing patient data, predictive medicine; improved teamwork and decision-making, improved patient engagement and compliance; rehabilitation; and administrative applications. Ethical issues, such as data privacy and bias, are among the most significant challenges we found when using artificial intelligence in healthcare industry. Ensuring the protection of patient data and avoiding the perpetuation of social biases is crucial for the responsible and equitable implementation of artificial intelligence in healthcare industry.