Insights from Middle Eastern CIOs: AI’s transformative impact on healthcare

“There was a huge difference between the 3rd and the 4th industrial revolution, the 4th one is a fusion of physical and cyber work, like smart cities, and technologies like AI drive this. The changes in healthcare are similar to the 4th revolution, we had a tremendous revolution at the heart of our digitalisation in moving away from human-made surgeries to robotic surgeries that are data-driven decision-making.

What about telemedicine? Now clinicians can help us better, especially with wearables, a smartwatch can help us with preventive healthcare decisions. We can take this info and use ML and AI to add more information in our system and predict the type of illness patients can have,” explained Saqib Chaudhry, Chief Information Officer,  Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare.

As tech leaders continue to push the boundaries of innovation, the healthcare industry stands poised on the brink of even greater advancements. With the ongoing convergence of technology and healthcare, the future promises to be defined by unprecedented possibilities, where cutting-edge solutions pave the way for a healthier, more connected world.