Medical device manufacturer Philips is betting on innovation as artificial intelligence transforms the healthcare industry, its chief executive told AFP in an interview on Tuesday, as the company looks to turn the page on a massive recall of defective sleep respirators.
"So we work with any cloud provider," he said."And in China, it's Chinese cloud providers. In Europe, sometime it's local providers, or it's on the big"Because the more we know about patients... the better we can treat the patient for a better outcome," he said. Users were at risk of inhaling or swallowing pieces of toxic soundproofing foam that could cause irritation or headaches. The USand Drug Administration said this possibly posed health risks although the company later said independent tests showed it was"unlikely" to harm patients.