Dgtlization in Healthcare: Implementing Innovation and Artificial Intelligence

Dgtl technologies are currently dramatically changing healthcare. This book introduces the reader to the latest dgtl innovations in healthcare in fields such as artificial intelligence, points out new ways in patient care and describes the limits of its application. It also offers essential guidance in the form of structured and authoritative contributions by domain experts spanning from artificial intelligence to hospital management to radiology to dentistry to preventive medicine. Furthermore, it shares ideas and experiences of industry veterans, in particular on how IT-driven solutions could solve long-standing issues in the fields of healthcare and hospitalization. It also gives advice on what new dgtl technologies to consider for becoming a healthcare market leader in the future. Taken together, these contributions provide a “road map” to guide decision makers, physicians, academics, industry representatives and other interested readers to understand the large impactof dgtl technology on healthcare today and its enormous potential for future development.

About the Author

Patrick Glauner is the Founder&CEO of skyrocket.ai GmbH, an artificial intelligence consulting firm based in Bavaria, Germany. He is also a Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Deggendorf Institute of Technology, since age 30. Previously, he was Head of Data Academy at the AI consulting firm Alexander Thamm GmbH, headed the corporate AI competence center at Krones Group and managed AI projects at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). His works on AI were featured by New Scientist, McKinsey, Imperial College London, Udacity, the Luxembourg National Research Fund and others.

Guido Lerzynski has ten years of experience in the management of acute hospitals. Currently, he is chief executive director of the St. Marien-Hospital Cologne, the St. Marien Ambulatory Care Centre, the Neurological Therapy Centre (NTC) and the private Kuniberts Hospital. He is also an authorised representative of St. Marien Hospital Association. His special interest focuses on the evaluation of outcome measures in acute hospitals.