Medical AI is not yet mature to avoid turbulence

In recent years, the concept of "artificial intelligence + medical care" is in the ascendant. One of the most recent cases is that Ali Health announced that it will sign contracts with the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College to promote smart medical research in artificial intelligence research and smart hospital construction. Today, artificial intelligence technology has gradually entered the medical field. For example, some medical institutions started to use the new medical tools such as guidance robots, cloud doctors, and voice electronic medical records to serve patients. A group of provincial and municipal artificial intelligence centers have been set up. Some hospitals and clinics in remote areas can quickly get feedback by transmitting patient case data online to the center. Corresponding to this is the rise of a number of high-tech medical enterprises - data show that at present China has 139 companies involved in artificial intelligence. The advantages of using artificial intelligence technology in the medical field are obvious. For patients, highly intelligent medical conditions make it more convenient to see a doctor, and can also significantly reduce medical costs and reduce the burden. For doctors, artificial intelligence technology can greatly reduce the risk of subjective judgment or operational error, so that the diagnosis is more Accurate. Today, the diagnosis of certain diseases by computers has reached the level of experts, even "blue and green." Studies have shown that machine learning-based artificial intelligence algorithms can identify skin cancer symptoms based on the patient's imaging findings, and the recognition rate is higher than that of doctors. In the detection of abnormal heart rhythms by analyzing electrocardiograms, the recognition rate of artificial intelligence is also higher than that of cardiologists. Some people think that with the gradual maturity of artificial intelligence technology, a trillion-level artificial intelligence and health industry is ready to emerge. The performance of the capital market seems to be confirming this judgment. Some companies that have focused on the concept of “artificial intelligence + medical care” are highly valued by investors. At the same time, some people in the industry are also worried that at the stage when the actual application is not yet mature, these investments will undoubtedly ignite “virtual fire” at the outlet, which is not conducive to the long-term development of the industry. For now, the application of artificial intelligence in the medical and health field is still in the initial stage of simple integration. In order to fully land, there are many barriers. For example, in the medical field, "data islands" have always existed. Applying artificial intelligence technology to the medical industry, data processing is the key. At the technical level, most of the current applications of artificial intelligence are reflected in the analysis of image data and data. How artificial intelligence can achieve precise diagnosis and treatment through direct contact and interaction with patients is still a technical problem. At the same time, the popularization of “artificial intelligence + medical care” also faces a series of issues such as the establishment of industry standards, the completeness of regulatory systems, and the updating of social concepts. At present, the problem of unequal distribution of medical resources in China has not yet been fundamentally solved. High-quality diagnostic and therapeutic resources are mostly concentrated in the top-three medical institutions and economically developed eastern regions. Artificial intelligence technology enables high-precision remote diagnosis and treatment to become a reality, which helps to equalize medical resources and is of great significance in solving many people's problems in visiting the doctor and expensively. At the same time, the presentation of the “Implementing a Healthy China Strategy” in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China also gave great confidence to the intelligent development of the medical and health industry. In this case, the “artificial intelligence + medical care” industry in the “outlet” should seize the opportunity, lay a solid foundation, and develop its internal strengths first to avoid short-term profit-driven concept speculation. Only in this way can the medical and health industry be established. The upgrade and development are stable and far-reaching.