The Next Frontier in Pediatric Cardiology: Artificial Intelligence.

Journal: Pediatric clinics of North America
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Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the last decade centered primarily around digitizing and incorporating the large volumes of patient data from electronic health records. AI is now poised to make the next step in health care integration, with precision medicine, imaging support, and development of individual health trends with the popularization of wearable devices. Future clinical pediatric cardiologists will use AI as an adjunct in delivering optimum patient care, with the help of accurate predictive risk calculators, continual health monitoring from wearables, and precision medicine. Physicians must also protect their patients' health information from monetization or exploitation.

Authors

  • Sharib Gaffar
    Department of Anesthesiology, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address: sgaffar@tulane.edu.
  • Addison S Gearhart
    Boston Children's Hospital Heart Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Anthony C Chang
    The Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute (MI3), Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA 92868, USA. achang007@aol.com.