
Google is making significant efforts to penetrate the healthcare sector by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) tools into hospitals. Despite the company's ambitious plans, which include a history of substantial investments in health-related projects that have largely failed, some healthcare providers express skepticism about the readiness of AI technology for practical applications. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has reportedly spent billions on various health initiatives, including advanced projects like cancer-detecting pills, which did not succeed. The company is now focusing on AI as a potential solution to overcome previous setbacks in the healthcare domain. According to Google’s Chief Clinical Officer, the recent advancements in AI capabilities could enhance healthcare quality and patient safety, though the journey is still in its early stages.
While we are early in the journey, writes @Google’s Chief Clinical Officer @mdhowellmd, the fundamental shift in AI capabilities over the past year has a direct applicability to healthcare quality and patient safety. Read more in the @BMJ_Qual_Saf: https://t.co/fPLE2hWdTv
Google taps AI to revamp costly healthcare push marred by flops https://t.co/dFCkE86ODy
Google has spent billions of dollars on health-related moonshots that flopped. (Cancer-detecting pills, for one). Now Alphabet is betting on AI to make real inroads into an area of business that has proved elusive. Excellent reporting by @daveyalba and @ikeswetlitz https://t.co/NE6Z43Q2r2
