Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers numerous new opportunities. However, far too few developed products are implemented in the healthcare sector for the benefit of patients and clinicians. We wanted to change this and decided to develop the “AI Journey”. The publication is available in both a comprehensive 68-page version and a shorter, concise version (both in Danish).
The AI Journey is a guide on how to develop AI-based products for the healthcare sector. The guide outlines the process from first ideation to the finished product, while also explaining how to support all stages of the development process through public-private collaboration.
The guide is divided into two main parts. The first part, “How to develop a new AI product,” describes five phases in the development process, starting from the first tentative ideas (phase 1), through conceptualisation (phase 2), development (phase 3), testing and implementation (phase 4), and finally procurement, operation, and upscaling (phase 5). The second part, “How to implement an approved AI Product,” details two phases in the implementation of a fully developed and CE marked product, from testing and implementation (phase 1) to procurement, operation, and upscaling (phase 2). For each phase, the guide specifies the necessary actions to take and identifies the relevant stakeholders to involve.
This guide is the first of its kind in Denmark. We hope that it will facilitate the development of AI products for many people engaged in the advancement of new healthcare applications and devices, and that it will inspire further innovation of new sustainable AI products in the future.