Artificial Intelligence

There is pain and reward when designing artificial intelligence that improves frontline staff experience, said Mercy Chief Nurse Executive Betty Jo Rocchio in her keynote at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum.

Here’s how to get the most benefit from machine learning and AI.

Also: PatientPay partners to reduce rev cycle friction, two radiology IT rivals join forces and Check Point acquires an AI-powered risk management company.

At HIMSS24 APAC, Mayo Clinic data scientist Dr Alexander Ryu will share best practices in evaluating digital solutions, including AI, for potential integration into clinical practice.

A new automated patient-messaging link with electronic health records is designed to help community health centers address uncontrolled diabetes without increasing the workload of overburdened staff. 

Robert Booker, chief strategy officer at HITRUST, discusses its new AI Risk Management Assessment, and how it can help offer assurance for healthcare organizations using artificial intelligence.

Integrating partnerships and promoting workforce development in the communities CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield serves is helping address the social drivers that affect health outcomes, says President and CEO Brian Pieninck.

QuantHealth helps pharma implement artificial intelligence for drug development using clinical trial simulation. Orr Inbar, its cofounder and CEO, discusses that — and the long-term effects of AI on drug development.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health says new funding to advance capabilities that detect and auto-correct misalignments with training data could help users of medical devices integrated with artificial intelligence ensure peak performance.

Also: Pfizer says it is partnering with healthcare organizations to develop a new digital health platform that provides access to same-day care, prescriptions and vaccines for COVID-19 or the flu.