Data on the one hand, the analytical capacity of artificial intelligence on the other. Because if it is true that we have more and more information thanks to the multiplication of recording and measurement tools, the data only make sense when they are made available, read and interpreted. It is time for them to make the health revolution. Thanks to artificial intelligence we could, for example, improve the analysis of information collected through imaging techniques, combine those arriving from multiple sources in an increasingly precise way, and even analyze the enormous and continuous productions of scientific literature, optimizing knowledge and diagnosis, and therefore therapies. This is how Giorgio Metta, scientific director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) imagines the future that awaits us, in the fifth and final episode of the talk “Roche Now”, interviewed by Ennio Tasciotti, scientist expert in medical biotechnology.
Big data for more democratic access to innovative care
What we could do with big data – really make medicine ever more precise and personalized – is reminiscent of science fiction, yet “it should happen, science has the right direction to achieve this,” says Metta. We will get there but it takes time, continues the expert, recognizing that today we have the technology and now what we need is to bet with investments, including by the state, to find sharing standards, to resolve legal issues related to privacy and data security. . “The future that awaits us will bring undisputed benefits and will be fundamental to ensure the sustainability of the national health system – concludes Tasciotti – only by combining our efforts with those of doctors and institutions will we be able to improve the health system and continue this path towards the medicine of the future. “.
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