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Can AI help in the fight against COVID ‐19?
Author(s) -
Scott Ian A,
Coiera Enrico W
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50821
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , public health , health care , business , computer science , internet privacy , political science , public relations , medical emergency , disease , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , law
The corolnavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic has accelerated efforts to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into clinical care at a time when, in many countries, health care systems are facing unprecedented strain on their resources. Before COVID19, AI was already permeating into health care,1 and reviews are emerging of how it may assist in efforts to combat the current pandemic.2–5 We describe several applications of AI relevant to COVID19, some having had immediate clinical application, others awaiting further refinement and evaluation.