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ReviewBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2025

[Implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare: historical development, current technologies and challenges].

Jill von Conta, Merlin Engelke, Fin H Bahnsen, Amin Dada, Elisabeth Liebert, Felix Nensa, Jens Kleesiek, Anke Diehl

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Review in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jill von ContaInstitut für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in der Medizin (IKIM), Universitätsmedizin Essen, Essen, Deutschland. jillmignon.vonconta@uk-essen.de.
Merlin EngelkeInstitut für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in der Medizin (IKIM), Universitätsmedizin Essen, Essen, Deutschland.
Fin H BahnsenInstitut für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in der Medizin (IKIM), Universitätsmedizin Essen, Essen, Deutschland.
Amin DadaInstitut für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in der Medizin (IKIM), Universitätsmedizin Essen, Essen, Deutschland.
Elisabeth LiebertDepartment für Digitale Transformation, Universitätsmedizin Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Deutschland.
Felix NensaInstitut für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in der Medizin (IKIM), Universitätsmedizin Essen, Essen, Deutschland.
Jens KleesiekInstitut für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in der Medizin (IKIM), Universitätsmedizin Essen, Essen, Deutschland.
Anke DiehlDepartment für Digitale Transformation, Universitätsmedizin Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The historical development of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare since the 1960s shows a transformation from simple rule-based systems to complex, data-driven approaches. Early applications focused on decision support, while innovative systems use neural networks and machine learning to recognise patterns in large datasets. The integration of AI technologies in medicine has given rise to diverse areas of application, which can be categorized into preventive AI, diagnostic AI, AI-assisted therapeutic, and administrative AI. Preventive AI analyses risk factors to enable early interventions, while diagnostic AI contributes to faster and more accurate diagnoses. AI-assisted therapy supports individualized treatments, such as personalized medication. Administrative AI optimizes processes such as appointment scheduling, resource management and billing.Despite their potential, AI systems face challenges. These include the fragmentation of health data, a lack of standardisation, data protection concerns and algorithmic biases. The establishment of interoperable data infrastructures and the development of ethical guidelines are crucial to overcoming these hurdles. Future trends include the further development of foundation models (large AI models that are based on broad datasets and can be used in a variety of ways), the integration of structured and unstructured data and greater personalisation in medicine. In the long term, AI can improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare. However, this requires close co-operation between research, industry and politics in order to ensure safe and sustainable implementation.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceDelivery of Health CareForecastingGermanyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansArtificial intelligence (AI)DigitalizationHealthcareMedicineTechnology

Identifiers

PMID40560227
PMCPMC12287119

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