Artificial Intelligence

It has released an AI-powered connected ambulatory patient monitoring system.

"This is a significant step in bridging technology and healthcare," said Dr. Dennis Charney, Dean of Icahn Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Health System's president for academic affairs. 

The IT leader discusses some of the innovative generative AI projects being piloted at the Boston health system and offers thoughts on how artificial intelligence should be regulated in healthcare – with guardrails around safety, efficacy and ethics.

When combined with Med-PaLM 2, providers and life sciences companies can obtain answers to questions about patient medical records and general medical knowledge.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs deployed AI models and predictive analytics to collect near real-time input on service delivery and gather actionable insights that helped it restore veterans’ trust in its services.

"A small but growing number of companies are forming strategic partnerships and bringing AI solutions to the fields of drug discovery, diagnostics, patient care and claims management," says a new report.

The system, built as part of the organization's digital front door, has achieved both clinical and financial ROI and helped earn a Net Promoter Score of 72.

"We can identify things earlier compared to when a human would see it," said Gil Margolin, CTP with Talkspace, which uses linguistic regression to analyze de-identified behavioral health messages and alert providers to patients at risk for self-harm.

Also: Chilmark Research publishes a new ebook offering tips for responsible AI deployment.

The South Florida health system is testing an AI-powered system it expects to score big wins for its providers, improving the patient experience along the way.