// 22 AI Special

1// Using AI to Improve Electronic Health Record: Electronic health record systems for large, integrated healthcare delivery networks today are often viewed as monolithic, inflexible, difficult to use and costly to configure. As delivery networks grow and deploy broad enterprise EHR platforms, the challenge of making them help rather than hinder clinicians is increasing. A promising approach is to use AI to make existing EHR systems more flexible and intelligent. Some delivery networks are making strides in this direction, using AI to assist with data extraction from free text, clinical documentation and data entry, and clinical decision support. Ultimately, AI should help doctors tailor EHRs to their specific needs and work styles making them easier to use and more valuable in the care process. That could help reduce clinician burnout and improve patient outcomes. To read more, follow the link // Source: Harvard Business Review

2// How natural language processing can help relieve the healthcare worker shortage: Across the world, fears are rising about a lack of nurses, doctors, and healthcare technicians in the coming years. The World Health Organization predicts a shortage of 18 million health workers by 2030.To read more, follow the link // Source: World Economic Forum

3// WHO and partners launch world's most extensive freely accessible AI health worker: The World Health Organization, with support from the Qatar Ministry of Health, today launched the AI-powered WHO Digital Health Worker, Florence version 2.0, offering an innovative and interactive platform to share a myriad of health topics in seven languages at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Qatar. To read more, follow the link // Source: World Health Organization

4// All GPs should be trained in AI healthcare, HEE recommends: All health and care staff – especially GPs – should be trained in artificial intelligence (AI), a new report by Health Education England (HEE) and the NHS AI Lab has found. HEE today announced the publication of its joint report setting out recommendations for health education and training providers in England so that they can ‘plan, resource, develop and deliver new training packages on AI for health and care staff’.To know more, follow the link // Source: Pulsetoday

5// Digitally Mature Providers Glean More Value from Analytics, AI Adoption: A new report shows that providers who achieve high digital maturity are seven times more likely to gain systemic organizational value from artificial intelligence than their less mature peers. To read more follow the link // Source: Healthitanalytics

6// UI Healthcare developing AI device to perform procedures on its own: Researchers at Iowa City-based University of Iowa Healthcare are developing an artificial intelligence-based tool to treat interventional radiology patients — with or without a physician operating it.Led by interventional radiologist Sandeep Laroia, MD, the team is creating an algorithmic-based device that would determine the course of treatment for patients with simple ailments. The researchers recently got a business innovation grant from the National Science Foundation. To read more, follow the link // Source: Becker's Hospital Review

7// Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: What Premeds Should Know: With the advent of electronic medical records and wearable technology, data is becoming exponentially abundant in health care. Artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape medicine.For example, AI can be used to aid doctors with their clinical decisions, find new tumor types in large research data sets, enhance the accuracy of diagnostic tests and improve hospital operations. The applications of AI are endless. To read more, follow the link // Source: USNews

8// AI study finds 50% of patient notes duplicated: Investigators used natural language processing and deep learning to explore the prevalence of patient information duplicated from prior notes in medical records. To read more, follow the link // Source: HealthcareITNews

9// GE HealthCare tops List with Highest Number of AI-Enabled Device Authorizations, More Than Any Other Medical Technology Company: On a recently updated FDA list of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled medical devices, GE Healthcare had the highest number of authorizations, with 42 listed 510(k) clearances to date, in the United States.

10 // What's Next In Healthcare? Bringing the cost of Care Down By 10x? Digital and Exponential Levers like AI & Automation have meant - increased leverage of the As-Is Medical Talent pool and Equipment Infrastructure made available to the last mile.The way forward is akin to what Space Agencies like NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ISRO and SpaceX have done around commercializing Space Science. In doing so, they've brought down the cost of the launch. Today, it costs 10x lower than what it used to when it comes to launching satellites.

Along similar lines, the next decade will see, several innovative firms that are likely to be attempting to do the similar for Health Sciences. They will leverage a combination of Tech, Service Innovation and bring in Transformative Programs that reduce significantly the long-term cost of delivery/citizen.Such Orbital Leap programs will consume significant capital with a decade's focus and deliver the much-needed leap.Can you think of a Future Corp aimed at Democratizing Healthcare?

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