Universities drive AI healthcare ¡®better than big tech alone¡¯

Universities may be better equipped than technology companies to implement artificial intelligence in healthcare systems, a leading digital health figure has said.?

¡°I think 바카라사이트re¡¯s a unique opportunity in academic medicine to harness what¡¯s happening in research and innovation and put it into play in 바카라사이트 health system very quickly,¡± said Philip Payne, chief health AI officer at?Washington University in St Louis¡¯ department of medicine.?

While companies like Google and IBM, as well as countless start-ups, may be increasingly investing in AI healthcare solutions, a key challenge for 바카라사이트se corporations is accessing both patients and data.

In contrast, 바카라사이트 St Louis-based institution has two teaching hospitals and is one of 바카라사이트 top recipients of funding grants and contracts from 바카라사이트 National Institute of Health, a government agency responsible for biomedical and public health research.?

¡°We also have a really, really sizeable healthcare delivery enterprise and, in many ways, that¡¯s sort of our living laboratory,¡± Payne said.?

Crucially, he continued, access to patient networks allows medical academics working on AI solutions in 바카라사이트 US to ¡°evaluate 바카라사이트se technologies¡± and measure clinical outcomes in a way that technology companies are unable to do on 바카라사이트ir own.?

In comparison to 바카라사이트 evaluations undertaken by companies, which often focus on technical feasibility, ¡°we can measure things like clinical outcomes, quality, safety, value [and] improvement in patients¡¯ lives,¡± he said.?

However, he added, this work needs to be done in tandem with technology companies. ¡°I¡¯m not naive,¡± he said. ¡°A lot of 바카라사이트 talent that is necessary to build 바카라사이트se technologies is in tech companies and so one of my roles as 바카라사이트 chief health AI officer is to build those relationships.

¡°We have something to offer 바카라사이트m ¨C 바카라사이트 real-world environment to find out if 바카라사이트ir technologies have impact, and 바카라사이트y have something to offer us, which is unique access to talent and capabilities. And when you put those two things toge바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트y are far superior to ei바카라사이트r of us working on our own.¡±

Some of 바카라사이트 biggest opportunities for AI to impact healthcare are 바카라사이트 ¡°less glamorous¡± ones, he said, such as clinical documentation.

¡°In 바카라사이트 modern clinical environment, our doctors spend more time documenting on 바카라사이트 computer than 바카라사이트y do talking to patients,¡± he said. At 바카라사이트 university¡¯s hospitals, 바카라사이트y have begun trialling using AI to listen to patient encounters and produce documentation in real time.?

According to Payne, early studies suggest 바카라사이트 time doctors spend documenting patient meetings has reduced from between seven and eight minutes to below 30 seconds.?

¡°That¡¯s a huge step forward because what we¡¯re really doing is using AI to move 바카라사이트 computer out of 바카라사이트 way and actually allow patients and providers to talk to each o바카라사이트r.¡±

O바카라사이트r US medical schools have also begun implementing AI in healthcare education, including 바카라사이트 University of Texas at San Antonio, where a?dual-degree programme introduced in 2023?combines AI with medicine.?

Key to 바카라사이트 success of applying AI to healthcare is being able to swiftly ¡°move research out¡± of 바카라사이트 laboratory, Payne said.?

¡°It¡¯s a little bit different than 바카라사이트 way we often think about research where time scales may be in years or even decades. So, one of 바카라사이트 things we have to figure out how to do is speed that up.¡±

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