AI

AI can be used as a tool to provide patients and their families with more information, faster access and more affordable care, says Laura Cooley, editor in chief of the Journal of Patient Experience.

Managing AI agents and prompt engineering is not like standard software engineering, and no one has really figured out how to do it at scale reliably yet, says Dr. Lukasz Kowalczyk, a gastroenterologist and CEO of Soothien HealthTech Advisory.

The news comes alongside the U.S. Department of Defense’s announcement of $200 million contracts awarded to xAI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI for AI implementation.

Event attendees explored the challenges and benefits of AI while learning about governance, leadership strategy, workforce challenges, transparency, patient safety and data security at the gathering in Brooklyn, New York.

The AI co-developed with ASX-listed Artrya can outperform the Agatston score in predicting cardiac events.

It can also predict the onset of Parkinson's motor symptoms.

Developing an AI platform internally can be more cost-effective and manageable, said Ryan Sadeghian, chief medical information officer at the University of Toledo, at HIMSS AI Forum.

Also, four tuberculosis screening AI solutions from Asia-Pacific are among those recommended by the World Health Organization.

Also, NSW Health launches its latest virtual menopause health hub in southwestern Sydney.

Agentic AI offers the potential to streamline clinical workflows, but healthcare organizations must carefully assess its risks to ensure safe and effective implementation.