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South Shore Health is an independent regional health system offering advanced care at the community level. And it has taken quite a step forward in the transformation of healthcare through artificial intelligence.
South Shore is truly innovating with AI – specifically, an AI-enabled MRI scanner. While its innovation and artificial intelligence plans and deployments go much farther than that, this new scanner is a standout.
Dr. Sam Ash is the newly appointed vice president of information technology and innovation and CIO at the health system. In this week's podcast, he discusses what an AI-enabled MRI scanner can do that a regular MRI scanner cannot, the driving factors behind this investment, expected outcomes after 6-12 months, and much more.
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Talking points:
- What an AI-enabled MRI scanner does that a regular MRI scanner does not
- Why South Shore Health needed an AI-enabled MRI scanner
- The driving factors behind the investment
- Where the AI-enabled MRI scanner will be deployed in the health system
- Outcomes expected after 6-12 months of fully using the AI-enabled MRI scanner
- Building a future-ready health system
- Modernizing what is an independent health system while maintaining community-centered care
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