Four ways AI can make healthcare more efficient and affordable

May 31, 2018

Cancer patient Cao Dongxian poses with CT scan images of his intestine at a hotel room where he stays, near the Peking Union hospital, during an interview with Reuters in Beijing, China, April 6, 2016. Picture taken April 6, 2016.

Analysing CT scans is just one of the tasks where AI systems can help Image: REUTERS/Kim Kyung

Emmanuel Akpakwu

Project Lead, Value in Healthcare, World Economic Forum Geneva

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