
Clinical AI: 3-5 Year Outlook
Projected developments in patient care applications
Mainstreaming of AI in Clinical Workflows
- By 2028, radiology departments in many German and EU hospitals will have AI assistance as standard
- Every CT or MRI scan might be pre-analyzed by AI before human interpretation
- AI will expand into pathology, dermatology, and ophthalmology departments
- Multi-modal AI will combine data from imaging, labs, and genomics for holistic support
- Clinical decision support AI, powered by medical LLMs, will assist with complex diagnoses
- AI will become more deeply embedded but also more invisible in workflows
LLM Integration in Healthcare
- Specialized medical LLMs will be deployed within hospital networks
- These will function as clinical assistants for information retrieval and summarization
- By 2025, early adopter hospitals might have LLMs transcribing every patient encounter
- LLMs will serve as multilingual tools in EU's diverse language environment
- Within 5 years, these models will be reliable enough for routine clinical support
- Regulators may certify certain medical LLM applications as approved medical software
Patient-Facing AI Expansion
- More sophisticated patient triage and monitoring systems will emerge
- Personalized care recommendations based on individual health profiles
- AI-driven rehabilitation and therapy applications
- Virtual health assistants for chronic disease management
- All with appropriate human oversight and integration with clinical teams