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Keck Medicine of USC data scientist Yesha Patel says that the ideal AI tool implementation strategy depends on what the organization is trying to solve, whether there is in-house expertise, the long-term vision and other factors.
Columbia University Associate Dean of AI Stephen Ferrara, who is past president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, says getting buy-in requires building AI literacy and educating nurses on "what AI can do, and what it can't".
Dr. Deepti Pandita, UC Irvine Health CMIO & VP of Clinical Informatics, says that "if you don't have governance, anything can fall apart," and discusses the need to engage a diverse multi-stakeholder group to vet every AI project that is deployed.
Dr. Hojjat Salmasian, CDAO and leader of AI at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses the first steps toward an AI strategy for hospitals and health systems as well as the key elements needed.
Kenrick Cato, nurse scientist, pediatric data and analytics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, says that nurses are excited about AI but are cautious and while they want help from AI, they don't want AI to do their job.
WakeMed Health & Hospitals IS project manager Elizabeth Murumalla discusses the health system's deployment of genAI and predictive modeling and its collaboration with Epic to manage challenges.
Challenges such as workforce shortages that are not getting any better and tight funding are driving the healthcare industry toward AI deployment, says Rob Havasy, HIMSS senior director of informatics strategy.
Clinicians need to have integrity with how they present AI tools to their teams, focusing on how those tools can solve problems, says Josh Wymer, chief health information and data strategy officer at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
When implementing AI-powered assistants and ambient technologies, it is essential to know if what you are buying is an actual assistant and if it has features beyond just clinical documentation, says Punit Soni, founder and CEO of Suki.
The struggle is that "you can't just plop something in the middle of a system even though it has good effectiveness and expect people to change their behavior or trust it," says Dr. Cole Zanetti at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine.