Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare of older people

Abstract

Clinical applications of Artifi cial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare are relatively rare. The high expectations in relation to data analysis infl uencing general healthcare have not materialized, with few exceptions, and then predominantly in the fi eld of rare diseases, oncology and pathology, and interpretation of laboratory results. While electronic health records, introduced over the last decade or so in the UK have increased access to medical and treatment histories of patients, diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, immunization dates, allergies, radiology images, laboratory and test results, these have potential for evidence-based tools that providers can use to make decisions about a patient’s care, as well as streamline workfl ow. In the following text, we review the advances achieved using machine learning and deep learning technology, as well as robot use and telemedicine in the healthcare of older people. Key