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IT executives who want to become Chief AI Officers should appreciate both the business needs and the technology solutions required to solve problems, says Sameer Sethi, SVP and chief AI and insights officer at Hackensack Meridian Health.
Two new memos update federal AI policy, which the White House says will accelerate innovation, strengthen public trust and prioritize U.S.-developed AI tools.
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Peter Shen, North America head of digital and automation at Siemens Healthineers, believes many clinicians don't use AI algorithms either because they don't understand how they work or because very few AI tools receive reimbursement.
IT executives who aspire to be chief AI officers should be passionate, understand that what they do improves lives, build strong partnerships to solve complex challenges, says Mouneer Odeh, the new chief data and AI officer at Cedars-Sinai.
Proposed updates to the HIPAA security rule are specific around the required technical controls and present challenges regarding implementation in a timely manner, says Garrett Weber, Akamai Technologies field CTO for enterprise security.
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Kathy Bailey, principal data intelligence analyst at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses how she and her team used generative AI to identify pickleball injuries from patients' chart notes with 80% accuracy.
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To ensure that digital health tools meet patients' clinical needs and drive engagement, Dr. Bronwyn Harris, chief transformation officer at CareEvolution, recommends involving patients throughout the development process.
Developed using a corpus of 38 million clinical texts, the open-source model scored 86% in the Korean Medical Licensing Examination.
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Bob Dichter, founder and career coach at Phoenix Rising Career Services, recommends that newcomers to the industry determine how their knowledge and experience can apply to healthcare IT and articulate their value clearly.
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Debra Beauregard of Rady Children's Health says aligning new technology with a hospital's strategic priorities and ensuring that clinicians understand the digital road map are essential to making hospitals smarter.