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 International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) which houses the Kohli Centre on Intelligent Systems (KCIS) set-up the Centre for Digital Technologies in Healthcare (CDiTH). This is in partnership with AIG Hospital which is now positioned as an AI (artifial intelligence) medical centre.
Prof PJ Narayanan, director, IIIT Hyderabad said CDiTH is a translation lab established to apply modern digital technologies to enhance the efficacy and economy of healthcare delivery for real-world impact in India and the world by effectively bridging academic research and clinical practice.
Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, chairman, AIG Hospitals inaugurated the CDiTH said, “AIG does 2,000 plus surgeries a month. Emergencies may develop in any of these patients. But, by using AI, in our hospital, we can avoid the ‘Code Blue’ situation and be able to save three lives a day. ‘Code Blue’ is a universal emergency signalling a medical alert to seek immediate attention.
AI can be used more effectively for better outcomes and AI is now more empathetic than doctors, research showed, he added.
Dr Reddy, speaking on ‘AI & Healthcare-Opportunities and Challenges -Why Doctors Don’t like Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ said, "Like many doctors, I too did not like AI. Because AI is too complicated, I felt it was not to be used in my lifetime. But, I have realised in the past couple of years the importance of AI.
He went on to give many examples of AI applications in the medical field and how it is going to benefit doctors, hospitals and patients. “AI is used in many areas of medicine, including pre-and post-surgery, patient monitoring, and personalized medicine. It improves patient outcomes and reduces human error. AI in colonoscopy improves polyp detection and it is much more effective and better than a human eye to detect, he noted.
AI will immensely benefit in the study of bacteria. The human body comprises 30 trillion human cells, 39 trillion microbial cells 20,000 human genes and 20 million microbial genes. AI helps in studying thousands of bacteria, he said.
Further, Dr Reddy, spoke about AI-powered hospital bed. Here AIG Hospitals has smart beds, use sensors and algorithms to monitor patient activity, health condition etc. Even Smart Toilets analyses stool. AI can also be used in predictive medicine and drug discovery too.
“All said, AI will not replace doctors. But an AI-savvy doctor can replace a doctor who doesn’t use AI. One challenge of AI is data theft. The data that is stolen is being sold. Cybersecurity and regulation are a couple of the areas of challenge he cited. The government should regulate AI,” Dr Reddy said.
KCIS, named after Sri F.C. Kohli, houses all the AI research groups in the institute. It has 50 faculty and 500 researchers, which constitute one of the largest research groups in India. Ranging from language technologies, computer vision, robotics, cognitive sciences and advanced machine learning, with applications in several domains including mobility and healthcare.
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