Clinical

A randomized clinical vignette survey across more than a dozen states, with hospitalists, NPs and PAs taking part, evaluated systematically biased algorithms and how clinicians make decisions with image-based AI guides.

Tom Hallisey, digital health strategy lead for the Healthcare Association of New York State, offers thoughts on recent ONC regs on model transparency – and some tips for deploying ambient AI intelligently.  

Steven Ullman, director at the Center for Health Management and Policy at the University of Miami, says utilization has dropped to 5.4% of medical claims since telehealth use skyrocketed during the pandemic.

Together, talent and technology can help to solve Southeast Asia’s nursing shortage by relieving the pressure on healthcare workers, improving the nurse and patient experience and getting people the care they deserve.

The American Medical Association's principles on the development and deployment of AI highlight members' concerns and consider who should be held liable, says Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of AMA, speaking from the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum.

A provider's digital transformation expert and consultant shows how regular care paradigms will continue to erode, the big four retail healthcare players will begin to execute their plans, and the fax machine will at long last (gulp) die.

While privacy regulations are still developing, IQVIA brings humans into artificial intelligence models to think through, trigger and make the go, no-go decisions, says Updesh Dosanjh, practice leader for technology solutions.  

At the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum, physician and author Dr. Harvey Castro explored the implications as artificial intelligence expands and increasingly augments clinical decision-making. Providers need to be key players in AI development, he said.

Boston Children’s, CVS, Geisinger, UC San Diego and Wellspan are among the 28 providers and payers promising their AI and machine learning models are geared to ensure healthcare outcomes that are "Fair, Appropriate, Valid, Effective and Safe."

Dr. Nele Jessel, chief medical officer of athenahealth, says bringing telehealth and other tools into the primary care setting destigmatizes mental health conditions and increases treatment.