AI is a Big Part of Cleveland Clinic ’s 2019 MIS
CLEVELAND â Two words dominated much of the program agenda for Cleveland Clinicâs 2019 Medical Innovation Summit (MIS) on Tuesday â Artificial Intelligence.
From a keynote address from Craig Mundie, Senior Advisor to the CEO, and former Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft to a session discussing companies with non-traditional approaches to healthcare, the topic of AI was discussed.
But is AI just the latest fad in healthcare? Is it fully-defined? And are there real-world examples to look to, to see AI in action? Richard Zane, MD CIO of University of Colorado Health, who was part of an MIS panel titled AI in Healthcare: The Big Questions that Still Need to Be Answered sat down with MD+DI to discuss all things AI.
A few hours removed from his appearance on the MIS panel,  Zane said that AI isnât reinventing the wheel, but rather enhancing what is already there so it can be more efficient.
âPeople get a little bit freaked out when you talk about artificial intelligence,â Zane told MD+DI. âAt the core, AI is just pattern recognition. I really like to describe it as clinical decision support. Itâs supporting providers to make better decisions. Whether thatâs procedurally, but the needle here or knife there ⦠or actual decisions on what medicines to give, weâ...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Digital Health Source Type: news
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