An interview with Vincent Keunen, Founder, Andaman7

We spoke to Vincent Keunen, Founder of Andaman7, ahead of his presentation at Intelligent Health (9-10 September 2020, Online), the world's largest online summit dedicated to AI in medicine.

Vincent, what excites you most about the application of AI in healthcare?

AI can - simply said - reduce costs and augment quality of medical care and research..

What’s your biggest fear about the application of AI in health/medicine?

My greatest fear... is the fear of people. AI is just a tool. A powerful one, yes. But just a tool.

How do you think AI will make its biggest mark in healthcare in the next 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?

It will automate all the easy tasks, allowing doctors to focus on the more specialized and advanced cases. I also hope it will motivate doctors to go back to more human interactions.

How do you think AI will change human contact in healthcare?

AI should automate the mundane tasks allowing doctors to connect better with patients.

What does AI mean for the skill requirements of health professionals? How will it change?:

Skills of health professionals will need to evolve, like skills of engineers have evolved with the calculator... They will need to use advanced tools and focus on the human connection.

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