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AI brings a growing number of benefits to healthcare – however, the list of unresolved issues is arguably equally long. At this year’s SIIM meeting, leading expert Adam E. Flanders, M.D., reflects on current shortcomings in AI evaluation and their consequences in healthcare. IT experts also point out another major challenge for both human and algorithmic minds: gender equality.
Women in medical R&D
Innovation depends on more than just technical skills
Cécile Geneviève is one of the few women who lead research and development (R&D) at a major company and her increasingly female team reflects women’s growing interest in the field. But while gender balance is an important criterion, it takes...
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Gender issuesPromoting equity for women in cardiology in the UKMore women should become cardiologists. Male dominance and negative and sexist comments must end. Recognising these problems, the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) aims to create a national network of mentors and female role models and provide |
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Preprogrammed bias?AI and the gender gap: Data holds a legacy of discriminationTechnologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) are considered the epitome of progress. However, the data AI algorithms use to draw their conclusions is outdated. It ignores the existence of biological sex and socio-cultural gender and their |
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Heard at SIIM 2021AI in radiology: unexpected benefits, unintended consequencesArtificial intelligence (AI) could match the impact of PACS on radiology. Covid-19 stimulated the development and testing of AI diagnostic-aiding tools in radiology, an unintended consequence of the pandemic. More image data sets have been created |
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Screening, early detection, treatment optimisationAI techniques advancing oncology careCancer care and the treatment clinicians can offer patients is being increasingly enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The technology has a role in diagnosis, with algorithms trained to design and deliver patient care, can match patients to |
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OncologyPancreatic cancer - current challenges and future directionPancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the world, and one of the most difficult to treat. In 2020, an estimated 495,000 individuals worldwide were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and an estimated 466,000 died, according to statistics |
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OR equipmentA successful decade of operating theatre wall monitorsOPERION from Rein Medical has been an established byword for wall-integrated monitors and workstations for the operating theatre for ten years. Now in their 3rd generation, they stand for hygienic, highly compatible, reliable and intuitive monitor |
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AMR insights platformAntibiotic resistance: a global problem in urgent need of solutionsAntibiotics have been at the heart of modern healthcare since the 1950s. They are prescribed prior to an operation to minimise the risk of infection after the operation. Or antibiotics are prescribed to fight an infection. This practice, which might |
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