Industry perspectives and commercial opportunities of artificial intelligence in medicine

Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is growing rapidly and quickly becoming an integral part of health-care delivery. Given its enormous potential in revolutionizing the healthcare, the field has attracted more investment than AI projects in any other sector of the global economy in the past few years. In this chapter, we provide a panoramic view of the business aspects of health-care AI, which include a brief history of health-care AI, market overview and commercial opportunities, the current status of capital investment in medical AI, regulatory issues, and challenges that the industry is facing. With the advances in AI technologies, we believe that the medical AI industry will continue to evolve to improve the ecosystem of health-care industry and contribute greatly to better patient care.