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How AI & environmental sustainability go hand in hand

by Bjoern von Siemens & Dr. Andrés Herrero-Yraola

Caresyntax and i2medi are strong partners and a leading player in the development of integrated operating theaters in the Latin American making Latin American ORs ready for  AI and edge computing to improve clinical care. Against this backdrop we are proud of a joint publication with Biorn von Siemens

Operating rooms are among a hospital’s most energy-intensive spaces but often run on fixed schedules without accounting for real-time variables. Moreover, the terabytes of data hospitals store – from patient records and diagnostic images to real-time surgical video – generally remain siloed, unanalyzed holistically and ultimately not used to their potential. This isn’t just a missed opportunity to improve patient care; it’s an inefficiency costing us enormously in energy and resources.

If global healthcare were a nation, it would rank as the fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally. Being leader comes along with responsibility therefore efficient, task-specific AI models – often called narrow AI – that require less computational power shall be used allowing AI without energy-intensive processing.

More information:

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/the-energy-paradox-in-healthcare-how-to-balance-innovation-with-sustainability/