DIFFICULTIES INTRODUCING AND MANAGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN GEORGIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Ketevan Gognadze

E-mail: ktgognadze@gmail.com

PhD student, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi, Georgia

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0321-1486

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies are becoming increasingly common in business and society, and are beginning to be used in healthcare. These technologies have the potential to transform many aspects of patient care, as well as administrative and pharmaceutical organizations. Artificial intelligence has enhanced and at the same time simplified clinical diagnosis and decision-making efficiency in various fields of medicine, such as: radiology (diagnostics), ophthalmology, gastroenterology, histomorphology and others. Artificial intelligence has appeared in medicine since the 50s of the last centuries, when doctors first tried to simplify and improve the diagnosis process, which had a positive effect on the outcome of patients' diseases. Today, this process is even more sophisticated and it is much easier to make a diagnosis, the doctor's time is saved, and he has the opportunity to pay more attention to the patient, to monitor the treatment process. Clinicians will have to evolve and adapt to new technologies equipped with artificial intelligence systems so that they can use them correctly to have the greatest impact on disease outcomes. The medical education system will have to train staff according to modern requirements. Artificial intelligence in healthcare is used in the following four areas: management of healthcare services, predictive medicine (disease prediction), patient data and diagnostics, and clinical decision making. The process of introducing artificial intelligence should be regulated to the extent that the rights of the patient are protected as much as possible and the conducted research/treatment is effective and the care of the patient's health is always a priority. The process of introducing artificial intelligence requires a lot of resources, such as the involvement of doctors, their determination, their ability, and also the most important financial factor, because if there are no financial resources, there will be no technologies equipped with artificial intelligence. The role of the management of the clinic is also very important, because it is their initiative to train doctors and then implement the mentioned technologies and implement them in practice. This is a guarantee of many saved lives and many grateful patients.

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare of Georgia, artificial intelligence in diagnostics, security

JEL Classification:  I11, I18, I19