Spend on health-care averages to around 10 percent of global GDP. As with services with high-demand, there are huge opportunities to apply technology to innovate and streamline current processes.

Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare uses algorithms and software to approximate human cognition in the analysis of complex medical data. The primary aim of health-related AI applications is to analyze relationships between prevention or treatment techniques and patient outcomes. AI programs have been developed and applied to practices such as diagnosis processes, treatment protocol development, drug development, personalized medicine and patient monitoring and care, among others. Medical institutions such as The Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and National Health Service, multinational technology companies such as IBM and Google and startups such as Welltok and Ayasdi, have created solutions currently used in the industry. Healthcare remains the top area of investment in AI as measured by venture capital deal flow. Wikipedia