Artificial Intelligence

Two new memos update federal AI policy, which the White House says will accelerate innovation, strengthen public trust and prioritize U.S.-developed AI tools.  

Micky Tripathi, who also served as acting chief artificial intelligence officer at HHS, is said to be in line for the new chief AI implementation officer role at the Minnesota healthcare innovator.

Peter Shen, North America head of digital and automation at Siemens Healthineers, says that as the use of AI tools in healthcare advances, companies must train algorithms on data that reflects the patient populations they will serve.

Catalonia has successfully deployed an AI-driven risk stratification system since 2015, but for broader AI adoption, implementation hesitancy needs to be removed and data capture improve, says Catalan Health Service's Xabier Michelena Vegas.

Northern Health in Melbourne has replaced its legacy system with AI-assisted coding.

Pharmacy order processing was brought down to under five minutes.

Hong Kong's Health Bureau has added pathology reports viewing functionality to its mobile health application.

Sara Luisa Mintrone, chief marketing officer for the Dedalus Group, believes that, since the pandemic, patients want to participate in their own care rather than passively waiting for treatment decisions to be made for them.

A study published in the European Journal of Cancer says inaccurate results and misdiagnoses could occur if diverse populations are not included in clinical research.

Cedars-Sinai Chief Data and AI Officer Mouneer Odeh offers some of the best ways the Chief AI Officer can work with the C-suite to get AI done right and gives some tips to health IT executives seeking the chief AI officer position.