HIMSCast: Tips for Smaller Healthcare Systems Getting Started with AI
There are all kinds of stories these days about huge healthcare systems with big names, big development teams and deep pockets innovating with artificial intelligence in healthcare. These are the players making progress with this explosive technology.
But what about smaller hospitals and healthcare systems that don’t have the deep banks or deep pockets? How can they dive into the AI pool and achieve positive administrative and clinical outcomes?
This week’s HIMSCast focuses on how smaller healthcare systems can join the AI revolution in healthcare, and where to start. Our guest is well-versed in AI in healthcare: Brent T. Hoard, partner at Troutman Pepper, a national law firm with more than 1,100 attorneys based in 23 U.S. cities. It has depth in several industry sectors, including healthcare.
Hoard offers a lot of advice to smaller healthcare players on the importance of AI and where to get started.
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Discussion points:
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As smaller healthcare systems read about the hot healthcare AI market and hear what their peers are doing and looking to enter, what should their first steps be?
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What are good places that smaller healthcare systems can work on first? It seems that the prevailing wisdom is administrative rather than clinical.
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What are some of the challenges smaller healthcare systems face with AI?
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How do these healthcare systems overcome these challenges?
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Who within these healthcare systems should be involved in implementing AI? For example, of course the IT department, but the C-suite, legally?
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