artificial intelligence

Tej Anand, professor of practice at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business, explains how blockchain can help eliminate "redundant work, rework and reconciliation."

Chad Konchak, assistant vice president of Clinical Analytics at NorthShore University HealthSystem, says the challenge is in the cultural maturity for people to realize what the data can do for them.

Duke University Health System Chief Analytics Officer Stephen Blackwelder discusses what’s the next frontier of analytics.

Rob Wellen, regional vice president at KenSci, says one of the most common data analytics questions from providers is how to operationalize machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Providence St. Joseph Health’s chief medical analytics officer is both a physician and a data scientist so understands clinical context as well as data structure, says CCO Amy Compton-Phillips.

Advocate Aurora Health Chief Health Information Officer Tina Esposito explains how her organization is using predictive analytics to identify high-risk patients.

Start with engaging the clinicians and have a team to standardize care to reduce variation for measurable changes, says Srinivasan Suresh, MD, VP at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Both companies are ramping up the pace of their FDA clearances. 

Michael Schwarz, executive director of IS at Indiana University Health System, says you don’t just jump into advanced analytics and machine learning. There’s a natural process.

One misconception is that machine intelligence will replace human clinicians; AI and ML, in fact,  will actually make the field a more attractive career choice for physicians and radiologists, says CHOC Children's CIO Anthony Chang, MD.