PARIS - With mounting pressure on health systems, can AI help 8 billion people to obtain optimal health outcomes?
To ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages, individuals will need more control over their health outcomes, empowered by their health data and guided by healthcare professionals.
The vision can become a reality through the strategic use of science and technology.
Implementing AI at scale in a human-centred, responsible, equitable, and sustainable manner can significantly enhance health systems.
One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages. To achieve this vision, individuals will need more control over their health outcomes, empowered by their health data and guided by healthcare professionals. In a world of limited resources, where health systems face increasing pressure due to several serious challenges, societies must empower patients to reach this SDG.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the global health system’s fragility, underscoring the importance of robust infrastructure, sufficient personnel, and advanced technologies to withstand crises. Yet, post-pandemic healthcare systems worldwide struggle with workforce shortages. For instance, among OECD countries, Turkey has two physicians per 1,000 people, and Colombia has fewer than two nurses per 1,000 people.
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