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Yesha Patel, data scientist at Keck Medicine of USC says some applications come out of the box "ready to go." Others require a more customized approach – but that requires a lot of in-house expertise, like data scientists and AI architects.
Zoom Communications' Jim Martin says the company's AI-first platform can streamline clinical and call center workflows, including generating visit notes to free clinicians' time so they can focus on patient interactions.
Stephen Ferrara, associate dean of AI at Columbia University and past president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, says educating nurses on "what AI can do, and what it can't" will be essential to getting buy-in.
As the artificial intelligence market and tech explode around providers, healthcare AI strategy at hospitals and health systems is a major challenge. Dr. Hojjat Salmasian, CDAO and leader of AI at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, offers advice.
According to Lenovo's Dr. Justin Collier, involving clinicians in the decision-making process and starting with small, high-impact projects such as ambient listening and documentation can help health systems succeed with AI.
AI is a "shiny object" right now, but finding success depends on getting the scut work of data management right, says Dr. Deepti Pandita, CMIO & VP of Clinical Informatics at University of California Irvine Health.
Carolyn Magill, venture partner at Define Ventures, discusses the venture capital firm’s recent survey outlining how 15 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies are embracing AI and where the ever-changing technology is being implemented.
Taipei Veterans General Hospital has more than 60 ongoing AI projects through its dedicated AI development centre, says vice superintendent Dr Wui-Chiang Lee.
Kenrick Cato, nurse scientist, pediatric data and analytics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about trust issues, nurses' and doctors' different perspectives on AI – and the need to not repeat the mistakes of EHRs when deploying it.
WakeMed Health & Hospitals is deploying both generative AI and predictive modeling, says Elizabeth Murumalla, the health system's IS project manager. She describes how its collaboration with Epic is helping manage some challenges along the way.
Rob Havasy, HIMSS senior director of informatics strategy, says that even with a steep artificial intelligence learning curve, the event offers confirmation that "everybody's going through this, everybody's learning along the way – and that's OK."
Punit Soni of Suki, a big player with the technology, gives sage advice to healthcare CAIOs, CIOs, CTOs and others implementing the systems and to doctors and nurses using the tech.