Artificial Intelligence

Physician burnout has been a growing global concern for more than a decade, with healthcare and physician organizations warning that it will not only affect future clinician retention, but the overall quality of patient care.

It's also helped decrease the amount of time spent documenting care by about two hours per provider each day, the health system's medical director reports.

Artificial intelligence helps to create solutions for a variety of problems, including data summarization, audio processing and report interpretation, says Rob Luke, chief scientist at Ae Studio in Los Angeles.  

Lisa Jarrett, an artificial intelligence expert at PointClickCare, previews her HIMSS24 session that will dive into AI topics including transparency, fairness, explainability and transparency.

Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal of VUMC previews her HIMSS24 panel session, where she'll spotlight some of the most promising AI use cases. "We must be thoughtful about the implications during this exploratory phase."

Lessons learned inspire one chapter's local events and support answering members' AI-related questions, said Carrie Murray, president of the HIMSS Southern California chapter.

Andy Ta, director of Data Analytics and AI and chief data officer of Synapxe, shares how the national health tech agency empowers public health facilities and the healthcare workforce to be confident using AI and other new technologies.

Jeremy Petch, director of digital health innovation at Hamilton Health Sciences, discusses strategies for ensuring transparent and explainable AI.  

Dr. Sanjeev Bhavnani, senior cardiologist at Scripps Clinic, offers perspective on the health system's AI deployments and talks regulation and guardrails.

Aside from clinical decision and diagnosis support, AI technology is also anticipated to assist with personalised treatments, clinical trials, and self health management, says Augnito founder Rustom Lawyer.