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AI in Healthcare: Promises & Pitfalls
Where does AI fit into your healthcare encounter?
Do you trust AI to interpret your imaging results?
"In the context of accomplishing clinical tasks, trust in doctors using AI and in AI alone is higher for people who are familiar with AI. That said, it’s striking that even people who profess familiarity with AI place more trust in doctors alone than in doctors using AI – and this pattern becomes more pronounced as people consider the use of AI for diagnosis and treatment, not just interpreting images.
Again, there is a major opportunity to align perception with reality, as studies have documented the benefits of AI across a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare tasks," a report about AI's promises and pitfalls by NRC Health explains.
Read the full report here.
Forbes: Top 10 Healthcare Predictions for 2024
Every year, Dr. Sachin H. Jain offers his forecast for the next year’s healthcare industry trends.
In his article recently published in Forbes, Dr. Jain posits and expands upon the below list of predictions:
Low Political Engagement on Health Policy Issues
More Mega-Mergers
The Disappearance of Healthcare Startups
Medicare Advantage Scrutiny
Closeted Industry Backlash against Health Equity Efforts
Continued Poor Clinician Morale
Increased Executive Turnover
Read the article here - and learn how HURC can help your provider organization navigate a tumultuous 2024.
AI and Clinical Practice
Recently, Editor in Chief of JAMA & the JAMA Network Kristen Bibbins-Domingo hosted Dr. Nigam H. Shah, MBBS, PhD - Stanford University, as part of the JAMA & AI Clinical Practice Series.
“I would argue that we all want the learning health system. We all want personalization in our care. And the core tenet of that is to learn from the prior experience of similar patients.”
Shah emphasized the importance of feeding Clinical AI Tools the “right diet” to ensure exceptional healthcare experience and the safety of the patient.
Read more on the JAMA Network and watch the discussion here.
AI Regulation & Healthcare
Becker's Healthcare's recent article continues the discussion on the regulation of AI in healthcare. "'While drugs and some devices are tested on patients before approval, software programs are not,' Jeffrey Shuren, MD, the chief of the FDA's medical device division, acknowledged to The New York Times in an Oct. 30 report that there needs to be continuing efforts to ensure programs live up to their promises after they are cleared."
Read more here.
ChatGPT Is Michael Jordan, But In Medicine The “Supporting Cast” Will Be Key
AI's role in healthcare is promising yet challenging. While ChatGPT excels in medical testing, its ultimate use lies in supporting, not replacing, human expertise. As we navigate this new era of healthcare innovation, one truth remains: humans are irreplaceable.
AI Adoption in U.S. Health Care Won’t Be Easy
Harvard Business Review states, “health care innovators must build trust in AI with three critical constituencies: providers, patients, and the public.”
Contact Us to learn more about why HURC is uniquely poised to take clients from FTE augmentation, to automation, through AI integration - all while fully embedded and invested in your organization’s workflow and systems.