Debunking AI and Healthcare: The Connection

Artificial intelligence has transformed the healthcare industry so much in terms of diagnosis, treatment, and patient care over the years. This paper outlines how AI was introduced into the healthcare industry from its humble beginnings with early tools that date back to the 20th century like decision support systems and various diagnostic programs. Recently, AI has affected the precision medicine area significantly with deep learning models, used for accurate analysis of medical images. AI also improved personalized treatments, particularly cancer therapies and drug development. Systems powered by AI also assist recovering patients. This paper explores how AI has evolved and its growing role in healthcare today.