Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Ethan Goh, executive director of Stanford ARISE, the AI Research and Science Evaluation Network, describes a new study to explore models' diagnostic and management reasoning capabilities – and what that could mean for clinicians and patients.

The AI models, paired with standardized care pathways, can be transformative in addressing readmissions and other high-impact quality metrics – but their success hinges on thoughtful design and implementation, cardiac quality doc says.

Robin Glass, president of Included Health, says artificial intelligence has improved cost estimation tools and helps to address patient care gaps, while telehealth access reduces total costs for employee groups.

New announcements also include an artificial intelligence tool to improve surgical operations while reducing waste and an EHR-agnostic AI scribe.

Te Whatu Ora sees up to $20 million in long-term societal savings from implementing the AI.

Chi Mei Medical Center in Taiwan has a high staff acceptance rate of generative AI-powered tools, says Dr Chia-Te Liao, director of the Center for Evidence-based Medicine & Health Policy at the hospital.

HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer Anne Snowdon says there are "thousands of reasons" AI tools are more readily adopted in other industries. But the biggest is that lives are at stake in healthcare. "We don't ever take that for granted."

Also, the Korean government has started a $16 million multimodal medical AI project with 14 public and private organisations.

Also, Victoria has expanded access to telestroke services in regional communities.

Patients can also experience brain coaching from the new initiative developed by the National University Health System.