AI in Health Care Strategies
Álvaro Rocha, ISEG, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping healthcare, promising unprecedented advancements in medical diagnosis, treatment personalization, patient monitoring, and operational efficiencies. As healthcare systems globally face challenges such as aging populations, increasing chronic diseases, and resource limitations, AI emerges as a strategic tool to enhance care quality, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes. This keynote explores the integration of AI into healthcare strategies, analyzing real-world applications, potential benefits, ethical considerations, and regulatory challenges. By examining case studies from clinical decision support systems, predictive analytics, telemedicine, and personalized medicine, we will highlight best practices and critical success factors for effective AI deployment. The session will also address practical considerations for healthcare leaders and policymakers, including data governance, patient privacy, and ethical frameworks necessary to build trust and ensure equitable healthcare outcomes.
CV: Álvaro Rocha is World's Top 1% Scientist by Stanford University (USA) and Elsevier, World's Top 0.05% Scientist by ScholarGPS, and World’s Top 1% Scientist by ResearchGate for the domains of Information Science, Information Systems and Business Informatics. He is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Lisbon – ISEG and Honorary Professor at the Amity University, researcher at the ADVANCE (the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management), and a collaborator researcher at the CINTESIS (Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems). His main research interests are maturity models, management information systems, quality of information systems, intelligent information systems, cybersecurity, e-government, e-health, and information technology in education. He is also Vice-Chair of the IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, and Founder and Editor-in- Chief of two Scopus and SCIMago journals: JISEM - Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management; and RISTI - Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação / Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies. Additionally, he is the Scientific Manager of the Information Systems Engineering & Management book series at Springer-Nature, the world's leading publisher of publications in Science, Technology and Health. Moreover, he has served as Vice- Chair of Experts for the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Program, and as an Expert at the COST - intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, at the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Program, at the Government of Italy’s Ministry of Universities and Research, at the Government of Latvia’s Ministry of Finance, at the Government of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology, at the Government of Polish's National Science Centre, at the Government of Cyprus's Research and Innovation Foundation, and at the Government of Slovak's Research Agency.