The Hidden Environmental Cost of Health AI: Why Sustainability Can’t Wait AI in Healthcare: A Double-Edged Sword AI is revolutionizing healthcare with:✅ Early disease detection (e.g., AI radiology tools)✅ Predictive analytics for personalized treatment✅ Automated admin tasks reducing clinician burnout Yet, its carbon footprint is staggering: Why Healthcare Must Act Now 3 Steps to a Greener Health AI Strategy 1. Adopt Energy-Efficient AI Models 2. Demand Transparency from Vendors 3. Implement an AI Sustainability Framework Factor Action Item Model Selection Opt for models with lower FLOPs (floating-point operations) Data Efficiency Use synthetic data where possible Hardware Deploy on carbon-neutral cloud providers Lifecycle Audit & retire unused AI workloads “We can’t sacrifice our planet for short-term AI gains. Healthcare must lead in sustainable innovation.”—Dr. Manijeh Berenji, UC Irvine The Bottom Line Health AI is indispensable—but so is preserving a livable planet. By adopting energy-conscious AI practices, healthcare can advance medicine without accelerating climate change. Next Steps: Sustainable AI starts with awareness.  Like Related Posts Salesforce OEM AppExchange Expanding its reach beyond CRM, Salesforce.com has launched a new service called AppExchange OEM Edition, aimed at non-CRM service providers. Read more The Salesforce Story In Marc Benioff’s own words How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world’s Read more Salesforce Jigsaw Salesforce.com, a prominent figure in cloud computing, has finalized a deal to acquire Jigsaw, a wiki-style business contact database, for Read more Service Cloud with AI-Driven Intelligence Salesforce Enhances Service Cloud with AI-Driven Intelligence Engine Data science and analytics are rapidly becoming standard features in enterprise applications, Read more