Using evidence to understand the impact of AI

AI has gained a lot of attention in the health care market. The discussions consider its opportunities and challenges – whether that includes helping patients, health care providers or policy makers. But larger questions still remain on evidence. Our work in the AI and Digital Health Lab uses economic analysis to evidence AI’s impact. We look at a specific therapeutic areas including oncology and diabetes. We compare the AI technology against standard of care. We find that AI can potentially be cost effective and cost saving increasing our understanding of its potential impact consider the wider reaching implications in health care.

About the speaker:

Dr Divya Srivastava is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor and Programme Director (MSc Health Management) in the Department of Population Health and Policy. She leads the AI and Digital Health Lab at City St. George’s (Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research). Divya is a health economist and current research looks at the intersection between economics, digital health technologies including AI involving methods for analysis and health financing. is a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of Health Policy (London School of Economics). She is the Lead Founder of the Special Interest Group in the Economics of Digital Health Technology under the auspices of the International Health Economics Association.