Today, many people have a hard time believing that artificial intelligence will have sentience and won’t conquer the world like the “Terminator” did. For now, in healthcare, one of the big questions for clinicians is: Can we trust AI to help us make decisions about our patients?
In today’s podcast, a prominent member of the healthcare IT community, Dr. Blackford Middleton, seeks to provide some answers.
Middleton is an independent consultant currently working on AI problems at the University of Michigan School of Learning Health Systems. Previously, Stanford Health He was Chief Medical Information Officer for Care, He was CIO for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Partners He was Director of Clinical Informatics for the Healthcare System, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Chairman of the Board of HIMSS was
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Talking points:
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One of the biggest considerations facing the industry when it comes to AI is trust.
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How can executives of healthcare provider organizations convince clinicians and others to trust the AI systems they want to implement?
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What should vendors of AI systems for healthcare do to foster trust?
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It is very important to ensure that everyone involved is comfortable with human-machine collaboration in decision making.
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How do healthcare organizations facilitate such comfort?
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What do healthcare IT leaders in healthcare provider organizations need to know about AI tools for patients?
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What will the next five years look like for AI in healthcare? What should CIOs and other leaders prepare for?
Details for this episode:
Where AI is changing healthcare now
UNC Health CIO Discusses Generative AI Work with Epic and Microsoft
Penn Medicine uses AI chatbot ‘Penny’ to improve cancer care
Healthcare organizations need to put guardrails around AI to ensure transparency and safety
How ChatGPT Can Drive Patient Engagement and Communication
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