BSR | The Use of AI in Healthcare 5 In public health, AI technologies are being applied for: • Disease outbreak monitoring and management: AI systems are being used to identify disease outbreaks and manage public response. This includes identifying disease transmission, facilitating detection and tracking, and developing vaccines and other treatments. • Health promotion and disease prevention: AI systems can be used to identify and microtarget individuals or communities that are at high risk of certain diseases or identify and address underlying causes for poor health outcomes or disease outbreaks. The adoption of AI technologies in healthcare is expected to continue to grow across various functions and use cases. According to a survey conducted in 2022, AI is at the top of emerging technologies expected to uptake in the healthcare industry, with 50% respondents saying they are planning to invest in AI technologies in 2022. Examples of innovations in the sector include Insilico Medicine’s AI-enabled drug discovery platform, which has generated a drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary 昀椀brosis that has advanced to clinical trials. Uptake of emerging technologies in the next two years Q: In the next two years, which of the following emerging technologies do you expect your organization to invest in? Source: Global Data Recreated from Pharmaceutical Technology