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Review
. 2020 Nov 2;35(42):e379.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e379.

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Current Applications and Issues

Chan Woo Park #  1 , Sung Wook Seo #  1 , Noeul Kang  2 , BeomSeok Ko  3 , Byung Wook Choi  4 , Chang Min Park  5 , Dong Kyung Chang  6 , Hwiyoung Kim  4 , Hyunchul Kim  7 , Hyunna Lee  8 , Jinhee Jang  9 , Jong Chul Ye  10 , Jong Hong Jeon  11 , Joon Beom Seo  12 , Kwang Joon Kim  13 , Kyu Hwan Jung  14 , Namkug Kim  15 , Seungwook Paek  16 , Soo Yong Shin  17 , Soyoung Yoo  8 , Yoon Sup Choi  18 , Youngjun Kim  19 , Hyung Jin Yoon  20
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Review

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Current Applications and Issues

Chan Woo Park et al. J Korean Med Sci. .

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Abstract

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have greatly advanced and become a reality in many areas of our daily lives. In the health care field, numerous efforts are being made to implement the AI technology for practical medical treatments. With the rapid developments in machine learning algorithms and improvements in hardware performances, the AI technology is expected to play an important role in effectively analyzing and utilizing extensive amounts of health and medical data. However, the AI technology has various unique characteristics that are different from the existing health care technologies. Subsequently, there are a number of areas that need to be supplemented within the current health care system for the AI to be utilized more effectively and frequently in health care. In addition, the number of medical practitioners and public that accept AI in the health care is still low; moreover, there are various concerns regarding the safety and reliability of AI technology implementations. Therefore, this paper aims to introduce the current research and application status of AI technology in health care and discuss the issues that need to be resolved.

Keywords: Application; Artificial Intelligence; Health Care; Issue; Machine Learning.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Fig. 1. Research and development strategic plan of artificial intelligence.
AI = artificial intelligence.
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