Applications and Risks of AI in Healthcare

Dec 19, 2023

Applications and Risks of AI in Healthcare

Join Shyam Sunder Kumar (Sr. Data Scientist, Carelon), on a journey into the realm of Generative AI and its revolutionary role in reshaping the landscape of healthcare.

Author

Chayan
ChayanGrowth Marketing Specialist

Picture this – the healthcare industry grappling with rising costs, medical errors, and a shortage of resources. Meanwhile, Google receives a staggering 1 billion health-related queries daily, showcasing a thirst for accessible information. Yet, our experience with searching health queries online often leaves much to be desired.


From Chaos to Harmony: Evolution of Generative AI

Generative AI

In the not-so-distant past, solving healthcare challenges meant juggling multiple machine-learning models. But, behold the era of Generative AI! Now, a single, versatile language model can gracefully handle various tasks, simplifying complexities and bringing order to the chaos of healthcare development.


Fueling the Engine: The Data Powerhouse

Data emerges as the unsung hero. Take ChatGPT as an example – it's been nurtured on a vast diet of information from Wikipedia, C4, book corpus, and PubMed abstracts. This wealth of data empowers the model to respond with a depth of knowledge drawn from diverse sources.


Advantages Unveiled: Foundational Models and Their Benefits

Foundational models emerge as the game-changers, demanding less labeled data, easing deployment, and accommodating an array of data types, from text to images and proteins. It's like turning a complicated puzzle into a well-orchestrated symphony.

AI foundational models


Biomedical Marvels: Customizing Large Language Models

Generic models are fantastic, but for the intricacies of healthcare, customization is the key. Models like BioGPT, MedPalm2, and PubMedBERT take the stage, paving the way for groundbreaking applications in drug discovery, genetic research, and precision medicine.


The Grand Reveal: Generative AI in Action

Applications abound! From automating image analysis in clinical practice to answering complex medical queries, aiding drug discovery, and unraveling the mysteries of genetics – the potential impact on healthcare is nothing short of monumental.

However, with great power comes responsibility. Risks like hallucination, patient harm, misuse, bias, and transparency gaps loom. It's a call for stringent regulation, ethical considerations, and the need for constant refinement.


A Vision for Tomorrow: Human-AI Collaboration

In conclusion, we stand at the cusp of a healthcare revolution. Generative AI, when harnessed responsibly, promises a future where healthcare is not just accessible but is a beacon of accuracy and compassion. The collaboration between human expertise and AI innovation holds the key to a brighter and healthier tomorrow. Thank you for joining me on this exciting journey into the future of healthcare.

Watch the full session here 👇🏻

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

More from the engineering frontline.

Dive deep into our research and insights on design, development, and the impact of various trends to businesses.
Insight
Building Is Not Shipping: An AI Agent for App Store Submissions | Gracey Dugar
Sep 8, 2026

Building Is Not Shipping: An AI Agent for App Store Submissions | Gracey Dugar

Gracey Dugar's thegeekconf mini 2026 talk explores why app store submission stalls most AI agent workflows, what an agent needs to finish the job, and a live demo from a single prompt to a published app.

Insight
No More Prompt-and-Wait: Building Autonomous Agents That Act | Kamal Shree
Sep 4, 2026

No More Prompt-and-Wait: Building Autonomous Agents That Act | Kamal Shree

Kamal Shree’s Geekconf mini’s talk explores the shift to autonomous agents, from what separates agents from chatbots, the anatomy and grounding behind them, and how to choose between no-code, low-code, and pro-code build paths.

Insight
From UX to AX: Designing Applications for a World of AI Agents
Sep 4, 2026

From UX to AX: Designing Applications for a World of AI Agents

Learn how Ashita Prasad’s thegeekconf mini 2026 session explores agentic experience and three approaches to building agent-ready applications: Web MCP, MCP Apps, and A2UI.

Insight
Agentic AI: From Copilot to Autopilot | Naveen Kumar Bhansali
Sep 4, 2026

Agentic AI: From Copilot to Autopilot | Naveen Kumar Bhansali

Learn how Naveen Kumar Bhansali’s thegeekconf mini 2026 session explores AI-driven software development, context engineering, enterprise adoption, agentic workflows, and the shift toward building products for AI agents.

Insight
Agentic Commerce: What Happens When Your Agent Tries to Spend Money? | Roopasree Ranganna
Sep 4, 2026

Agentic Commerce: What Happens When Your Agent Tries to Spend Money? | Roopasree Ranganna

Learn how Roopasree Ranganna’s thegeekconf mini 2026 session explores agentic commerce, delegated payments, trust, identity, mandates, and the systems needed to enable AI agents to transact.

Events
 From MVP to Scale: Designing Architecture for AI-First Products
May 11, 2026

 From MVP to Scale: Designing Architecture for AI-First Products

A panel of architects and engineering leaders at thegeekconf mini 2026 discuss how to build and scale AI-first products — from MVP decisions to production-level challenges. The conversation covers data quality, model selection, security, token economics, and the mindset teams need to navigate a fast-moving AI landscape.

Events
The Autonomous Factory: Architecting Agentic Workflows with Clean Code Guards | Akash Kamerkar
May 5, 2026

The Autonomous Factory: Architecting Agentic Workflows with Clean Code Guards | Akash Kamerkar

Akash Kamerkar’s thegeekconf mini 2026 talk explores the ACDC framework for building safer agentic workflows with clean code guards, sandbox testing, and AI-driven software development.

The Right Conversation Can

Save You Six Months.

Book a call