AI's Potential to Change Healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly emerging as a game-changer in the healthcare sector, offering powerful new tools to improve public health outcomes and operational efficiency. The future of healthcare is data-driven—and AI is helping lead the way. From early disease detection and precision treatment planning to accelerating drug discovery, AI is helping clinicians and researchers make faster, more informed decisions.

For government healthcare agencies, these technologies present a path to more scalable, cost-effective care—especially in underserved or high-demand environments. AI-driven insights can reduce diagnostic errors, streamline administrative workflows, and support population health management at scale.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine the different kinds of AI and which type is appropriate for particular tasks, from automating rote processing to seeking new uses for pharmaceuticals
• Outline metrics that can be used to demonstrate the impact of AI tools when applied to different tasks
• Delineate privacy concerns and the safeguards to implement to protect patients and providers from AI intrusion