AI could solve ‘disgraceful’ structural problems, says minister

Artificial intelligence could be used to figure out the causes of “disgraceful” structural problems like the higher rates of maternal mortality for black women, a minister told a conference yesterday.

Health minister Karin Smyth said AI could be used not only for clinical and administrative functions but also to “diagnose” issues. She also said the way government funded AI adoption needed to change.

Ms Smyth, a former NHS manager, was giving her first speech as a minister at a Health Foundation conference on AI. The conference also heard from leading tech experts who said the UK was “exceptionally well placed for a global leadership role in health and AI”.

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Source: HSJ