The potential promise and pitfalls of using new AI tools like ChatGPT in healthcare

Hello,

We’re in a new era of the conversation about how artificial intelligence could upend healthcare.?

Blake Dodge went to the HIMSS healthcare conference in Chicago last month, and picked up on a ton of chatter around how generative AI (that’s tools like ChatGPT) specifically could be used to change how healthcare is delivered.?

The conversations she took part in were filled with a ton of optimism about the potential for generative AI to change how hospitals and health systems deliver care. But the conversations also contained big, unanswered questions about some of the risks that exist when considering applying these tools to patient care.?

Check it out:?

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While those tough questions and big ambitions around generative AI get sorted out, hospitals have AI *actually* deployed in specific ways, Shelby Livingston reports.

While maybe not as flashy as using ChatGPT to inform medical care, the potential for AI to save time and money by replacing mundane tasks is massive.?

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For as long as I’ve covered healthcare, there’s always been some hype around AI. This time, with generative AI in the mix, feels different.

Are you feeling that way too? What questions and concerns do you have about how the technology’s being tested and deployed?

Until next time,

Lydia