Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence alone is not the answer, says Charles Worthington of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Connecting AI-enabled insights like risk scoring to a larger healthcare program is what helps move the needle on outcomes.

The technology, homegrown at Stanford Medicine, allows users of its electronic health record to do voice-based queries, helping make chart reviews and other routine tasks more efficient.

Charles Worthington, CTO and Chief AI Officer at the Department of Veteran Affairs, offers IT leaders at hospitals and health systems powerful advice for succeeding with artificial intelligence.

Four FQHCs and one community hospital are learning from each other as they navigate various artificial intelligence implementations. Leaders from the Health AI Partnership will discuss their experiences at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum in July. 

The payoff behind artificial intelligence, the expertise of virtual CISOs and the tactics of successful device management – Peyman Zand, chief strategy officer at healthcare consulting firm CereCore, spells out the benefits and the challenges.

Also, Tend Health has received funding to deliver the New Zealand government's new digital mental health and addiction service.  

Also, a new centre for excellence in AI in healthcare will be set up by two public universities in India.

The AI, trained on around 13,000 fundus images from over 600 Alzheimer's patients, has demonstrated up to 92% accuracy. 

Dr. Natalie Pageler, CHIO at Stanford Medicine Children's Health, discusses some factors for artificial intelligence deployments in this complex care modality and describes how applications such as ambient AI differ in pediatric and adult settings.

Through the company's virtual platform, the payvider's health plan members with autoimmune conditions receive an individualized care plan, one-on-one video visits with coaches, unlimited patient messaging and access to digital tools as covered services.