AI

Dr. Calum Yacoubian, director of NLP healthcare strategy at IQVIA, says AI can support, not replace, clinicians in improving care delivery, and discusses some best practices for its safe and ethical use. The HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum is scheduled to take place September 5-6 in Boston. Learn more and register.  

Ziv Ofek, cofounder and CEO of MDClone, discusses how GenAI tools may soon make it easier for clinicians to analyze synthetic data themselves if guardrails are in place to ensure that the AI's conclusions are correct.  

Dr. Michal Tzuchman Katz, cofounder and CEO of Kahun, discusses how educating doctors on the source of information for the company's clinical knowledge graph and how the product supports patient care encourage its adoption.  

Dr. Tim O'Connell, cofounder and CEO of Emtelligent, believes healthcare organizations should not rely solely on AI for business processes and must train models on data sets that represent "all of humanity."  

CIO Craig Kwiatkowski offers a look at the AI tools deployed at the famous health system and discusses the measure of success of AI initiatives, as well as how the technology can help identify disparities in care access and outcomes.  

Cedars-Sinai CIO Craig Kwiatkowski discusses using the FAVES approach (fair, appropriate, valid, effective and safe) in genAI adoption, as well as the "build vs buy" question, and challenges with integrating AI technologies into existing systems.   

According to Dr. Reza Ryan Sadeghian, principal health IT strategist at MITConn Consulting, clinicians must be included in the process of creating new AI tools and in deciding how to deploy them safely and ethically.  

Microsoft's chief nursing information officer, Kathleen McGrow, discusses the link between clinical workflow and information technology and how the HIMSS innovation nursing advisory group educates nurses to improve AI literacy and utilization.

Dr. Eve Cunningham, group VP and chief of virtual care and digital health at Providence, and 2024 Changemaker, discusses MedPearl, a tool created by and for clinicians that provides decision support information within two minutes.

Dr. Eric Liederman, CEO of CyberSolutionsMD, says technology providers should be required to use AI tools to find vulnerabilities in their products before they go to market.