Mexico City.- The use of technology in the health sector, such as medical software, telemedicine and Artificial Intelligence (AI), helps minimize the costs of diseases, both for the patient and for the Government, and prevent their appearance.
For example, predictive analysis establishes parameters to see what disease a person would have based on their current lifestyle, explained Sergio Domínguez, head of Cardiovascular Care & Interventional Radiology Latin America at Siemens Healthineers.
In Mexico, the use of electronic medical records is being promoted, as well as digital twins, from which attempts are made to replicate a person from a statistical point of view, to estimate what their condition would be in three or four years, the expert explained.
For Domínguez, no government will be able to pay for the health costs of its population if it does not start to prevent.
“Governments will not be able to care for all patients and mortality will increase.
“Mexico is no exception. It seems that the growth rate is unstoppable. It is growing at double digits, between 11 and 12 percent, depending on the disease. This means that in about seven years we will have more than double the population with this type of disease,” said the member of the advisory board of Expo MED Hospitalar México.
By the end of this year, investment in technology for the health sector in Mexico is expected to increase by 35 percent compared to 2023, Domínguez said.
The global healthcare AI market could reach $45 billion by 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 45 percent between 2021 and that year.
However, there are still some issues to be resolved, such as keeping information safe from possible hacking, Domínguez said.
The use of AI in this field would result in lower costs, as it is expected to save up to $150 billion annually in the United States by 2026, by optimizing processes and reducing medical errors.
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