500 million DKK will be set aside for the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) in hospitals

500 million DKK will be set aside for the usage of artificial intelligence in hospitals, Minister of Health Sophie Løhde recently said. As Denmark continues to grapple with insufficient staffing at hospitals, Sophie told Berlingske that the solution may be to use AI. She said, “If we do not see technology as one of the most important ways to strengthen our healthcare system, then patients will only continue to receive poor treatment and employees will drown in workload.” In the first hospital in Denmark to use AI, Køge’s Zealand University Hospital doctors have been using a supercomputer to suggest gastrointestinal cancer treatment plans since February. To date, there have been fewer complications, shorter hospitalizations, and only one out of 112 patients has been readmitted. Prior to using AI, the hospital saw between 10 and 12 patients readmitted.