Artificial Intelligence

Health system execs are updating strategies to meet new imperatives, Philips' new Future Health Index 2022 report shows. Their priorities: expanding digital transformation, managing a human capital crisis and closing the equity gap.

Taking over the day-to-day healthcare operations normally managed by the Ministry, the new company will reportedly focus on areas including the expansion of digital health programmes and virtual medical services in the Kingdom.

Oracle Industries EVP Mike Sicilia says the newly combined companies will be focused on interoperability, innovation and user-centered design, transforming EHRs from "systems of record into systems of intelligence."

New AI-driven data analytics and clinical workflows for cancer care are expected to come out of this latest partnership.

The forecast for the next 24 months was revealed at the debut edition of the Precision Medicine Exhibition and Summit, and EMERGE GHI Investment Forum held in Dubai.

"We expect Cerner to be a huge growth engine for years to come," said Oracle CEO Safra Catz of the $28.3 billion deal.

Smart jumpsuits for babies and precision oncology are some of the innovative ways that AI could be used to turn data into actionable insights, which will be explored in more detail at HIMSS22 Europe in June.

The "collaborative robots," known as Moxi, will be linked with the Delaware health system's Cerner EHR. They're designed to make deliveries and collections, helping ease clinicians' workload and enabling them to focus on care.