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Artificial intelligence could revolutionize the Quebec health-care system, but systemic challenges prevent it from fully harnessing the technology.
MONTREAL - The Quebec health-care system's reliance on fax machines, handwritten notes and paper files is standing in the way of the province fully harnessing artificial intelligence, according to a recent report.
Quebec says modernizing the health network is a "colossal task" involving "more than 10,000 technological systems."
Health care has fallen far behind other sectors of the economy when it comes to using artificial intelligence, experts say. But they also say it isn't too late for Quebec to become a trailblazer in the field.
The Quebec health-care system's reliance on fax machines, handwritten notes and paper files is standing in the way of the province fully harnessing artificial intelligence, according to a recent report.