AI in Healthcare

12/26/2024

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Whether or not Google’s Gemini really is woke, its very visible pratfall may set back the public’s confidence in AI generally. That could mean a knock on healthcare AI too.

When asked to depict people by various descriptors, the image generator delivered lots of results that were unintentionally hilarious for their wild inaccuracy.

12/25/2024

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12/24/2024

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Eager to consume as much as they can digest about the role of AI in their care, patients are concerned their doctors or nurses might be lacking in computer literacy or algorithmic expertise

It’s not easy to get patients, providers, payers, vendors and regulators to agree on any one aspect of healthcare delivery. But the CDRH recently managed to get everyone to settle on a working definition of transparency.

12/23/2024

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‘Prudence and caution are reasonable. Efforts to stop or even slow AI advances are what we should really fear.’

As it continues to become more proficient and increase its reach, healthcare AI will disappoint both those who expect it to produce miracles and those who fear it will cause catastrophes.

12/22/2024

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‘Modern-day healthcare still has a lot of gaps. I think we can smartly use artificial intelligence to bridge those gaps or at least reduce them.’

Members of C-suites around the world are making room for a new teammate: the CAIO. In healthcare, some organizations are hiring for the even more specialized position of CHAIO, for chief health AI officer.

12/19/2024

Bipartisan House AI Task Force: ‘As AI’s use continues to increase in everything from EHRs to transcription services to diagnosis, Congress should examine liability laws to ensure patients are protected.’

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks.

12/17/2024

‘The degree to which an AI-enabled medical system can function without the oversight of a clinician may grow over time.’

When regulating AI-equipped medical devices, the FDA might take a page from the Department of Transportation’s playbook for overseeing AI-equipped vehicles. These run the gamut from assisting human drivers to fully taking the wheel.

12/12/2024

An AI-generated ICU diary virtually takes it upon itself to supply a compact summary of the patient’s ups and downs.

Intensive care units around the world use daily diaries to track patients’ emotional as well as physical ups and downs. Many find that keeping these helpful resources can add to nurses’ already-heavy workloads. How might generative AI help?

12/10/2024

Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: AI has reached or surpassed human-level performance in many benchmarks.

The year 2023 saw a shift toward open-source AI models, surging investments in generative AI and increasing AI regulation.

12/06/2024

Define Ventures: Healthcare providers and payers tend to progress through three distinct phases in their AI adoption journey: 1.) Lay the groundwork. 2.) Test and iterate. 3.) Go all in.

A large venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage healthtech companies has a tip for AI startups targeting the healthcare sector.

12/04/2024

Anesthesiologist gets 190 years for injecting drugs into IV bags. The tainted fluids were linked to one death.

The IV bags caused multiple patients to experience severe cardiac distress. The judge who sentenced former doctor Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. said his actions were “tantamount to attempted murder."

12/03/2024

Sittig and Singh in JAMA: ‘AI-generated recommendations should be reviewed and approved by humans, who can take responsibility for recommendations before they are sent to patients.’

Given the rapid proliferation of AI-equipped medical devices across U.S. healthcare, unintended effects should surprise no one.

11/26/2024

FDA’s new Digital Health Advisory Committee: ‘At times, it may be helpful for manufacturers and developers to consider that a GenAI implementation of a product may not be beneficial to public health.’

The FDA’s fledgling Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC) only held its first meeting last week, but it has already committed its thinking to writing.

11/22/2024

McKinsey & Company: A test-and-learn rollout allows healthcare organizations to de-risk scaling and to measure AI impact and adoption within existing workflows.

It’s been years since AI proponents started promising big returns on healthcare providers’ investments in the technology. The results have yet to catch up with the pitches. What’s the holdup?

11/19/2024

Arnold & Porter Global Life Sciences: ‘As AI-driven innovations continue to reshape the industry, companies are increasingly vigilant about protecting their breakthroughs.’

The pace of AI adoption is quickening in the sector, which includes biopharmaceuticals, digital health, clinical diagnostics and medical devices.

11/14/2024

AdvaMed: ‘There should be a clear definition of which healthcare AI stakeholders may access patient data and for what purpose(s).’

If you work with healthcare AI, you owe it to patients, families and communities to keep certain principles top of mind in everything you do.

11/13/2024

Women's imaging experts believe the new upgrade could “dramatically improve breast cancer detection.”

11/12/2024

‘Leaders make twice the investment in digital, twice the people allocation and twice the number of AI solutions scaled.’