Business Models for AI in Healthcare (Executive Summary)

Whether in nursing, rehabilitation or outpatient medical care – artificial intelligence (AI) promises enormous potential for improving healthcare. In order for patients to benefit from this potential, novel innovation processes and innovative business models are needed. This requires overcoming technical, ethical, regulatory and economic challenges. Economically viable business models help to bring AI-based innovations to the breadth of the healthcare system and accelerate the digitization necessary for this. In a white paper, experts from Plattform Lernende Systeme provide an overview of how AI-based business models in healthcare can also be successfully implemented in Germany. To this end, the paper analyses opportunities, challenges and regulatory framework conditions in Germany. In addition, business models for the secondary healthcare market and global AI healthcare trends are also presented