Level of adoption of AI in healthcare in the EU in 2021, by technology

In 2021, 42 percent of healthcare organizations in the European Union were currently using AI technologies for disease diagnosis, while a further 19 percent had plans to employ this technology within the next three years. Furthermore, 33 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed planned to use patient monitoring AI tools in the next three years

How much impact does AI have on saving time in healthcare?

An online survey from several European countries concluded that the implementation of AI could free up significant portions of time in healthcare – with nearly half of the hours worked by medical equipment preparers and one-third of the hours of medical assistants. While, according to another survey, physicians in Europe could spend almost 20 percent more time with patients instead of administrative tasks with the help of AI. The same held true for nurses, whose time with patients would increase by 7.5 percent thanks to AI according to estimates.

Attitudes and opinions regarding AI in healthcare

In 2021, a quarter of respondents surveyed in the European Union reported trusting AI-enabled decisions in patient monitoring, higher than any other AI applications. Meanwhile, only three percent trusted AI-enabled decisions in disease diagnostics, with the majority preferring to combine it with expert judgment from healthcare professionals. Overall, the opinions of EU respondents on the impact of AI in healthcare were positive, with the majority agreeing that the use of AI could result in improvement in the quality of diagnosis decisions and treatment