Artificial Intelligence

Jody Long of PointClickCare says responsibly implemented AI can help bedside practitioners make better, more-informed decisions.

Nearly all executives within the sector believe the initial financial investment of new technology is worth the cost.

<p>Northern Light Health, which operates in rural areas in Maine, will offer the results of telehealth innovation and its collaboration with Optum at HIMSS24, says CIO Dr. Michael Ross.</p> <p> </p>

<p>Beyond Lucid Technologies CEO Jonathon Feit says artificial intelligence can provide heads-up awareness in connecting EMS personnel with their ecosystems of care.</p>

<p>AI is used in navigation systems for surgeries, for implementing data sets and for helping athletes self-direct in recovery, says Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine's Dr. Manish Gupta and Harshal Sanghavi.<br />  </p>

The company said it plans to use the funding to help expedite its product roadmap and advance AI foundation models for medicine.

<p>In a preview of his HIMSS24 presentation, Dr. Jonathan Chen, assistant professor at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, said a patient's care quality hinges on whether medical teams can distinguish between fact and fiction.<br />  </p>

<p>Change management helped Providence leverage AI for clinical notes, an inbox management system and other products, says Dr. Eve Cunningham, chief of virtual care and digital health at Providence.</p> <p> </p>

<p>AI systems can summarize what's happening with a patient, but if the system makes up or omits information it can lead to catastrophic consequences, says Harjinder Sandhu, CTO of health platforms and solutions at Microsoft.</p>

<p>There's a hesitancy of residency students to understand and validate how AI can be used in medical care, says Dr. Patrick Thomas, director of digital innovation in pediatric surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine.<br />  </p>