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Nick Yaitsky, chief AI officer at Lulav AI, says that AI is present in many healthcare technologies, so organizations must shift their conversations from whether to adopt AI to how they can best use it to improve patient care.
To get ROI, execs need to apply technology at scale, says former HCA CFO Bill Rutherford, who is now on the Board of Mangers at Ensemble Health Partners.
Ran Balicer, Clalit's chief innovation officer, says the company's AI has driven more than 250,000 care management changes in a single month by analyzing data to present evidence-based recommendations for clinicians' final decision.
Andrew Kelly, ENHANCE Ontario's chief digital officer, discusses how the nonprofit is building a Safe Use of AI framework to help its seven member hospitals consistently evaluate and scale AI projects that deliver value.
As health systems face staffing pressures, Peter Julius, Public Intelligence CEO and partner, suggests that emotionally responsive robots like Hana-chan can provide social engagement and calm patient agitation in care settings.
Oscar Solans Fernandez of Catalonia's Ministry of Health says the ministry has created an AI-powered healthcare platform that includes clinical guidelines and a medication database to help AI agents provide accurate answers.
By building AI tools in-house, health systems can directly address their unique challenges with tailored products rather than depending on vendors, according to Lina Scroggins, Mercy's chief product officer.
Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO, says that, while many healthcare leaders are eager to use AI, questions remain about how to ensure its outputs are accurate and how to build clinicians' and patients' trust in AI tools.
Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO, says that hospitals and medical practices are turning to AI first to help with areas such as clinical documentation and supply chain management before considering applying it to care delivery.
HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum attendees in Boston shared ideas on how to develop and scale AI across real-world clinical and operational settings while benefiting patients, clinicians and staff.
Mass General Brigham is using AI tool RECTIFIER to identify clinical trial participants, which can help accelerate the discovery of new treatments, says Dr. Alexander "AJ" Blood, cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
With ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, Ian Shakil, chief strategy officer at Commure, discusses the potential role of ambient AI documentation in infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response.