Dr. Geeta Nayyar – known to many as “Dr. G” – has a long history as a physician IT leader who thinks creatively about the intersection of technology and healthcare. Her work over the years has included serving as the chief medical officer of technology giants such as AT&T and Salesforce and AT&T. He serves on the board of the American Telemedicine Association. He is an advisor to the American Medical Association. You could see her in March this year, on stage as the conference host and emcee of HIMSS24.
She is also an author. Nayyar’s latest, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling book explores the profound personal and public health risks of digitally disinformed discourse.
The harmful effects of inexact medical information have been seen most clearly during the years-long COVID-19 crisis, of course. But they have long been a sedate challenge and remain so today. In some ways, the challenge is becoming more insidious as online social media grows and the unhealthy side effects of the technology – uninformed “influencers” on TikTok or Instagram, hallucinogenic generative AI chatbots, falsehood-spreading deep fakes – spread.
Nayyar is scheduled to deliver the opening speech this summer HIMSS AI on Healthcare Forumwhich begins September 5 in Boston. We recently spoke with her about misinformation in health care, how artificial intelligence is exacerbating the problem, and what conscientious professionals can do to address it, ensuring their patients are educated and equipped with information that can keep them hearty.
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Discussion topics:
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Why this had to be written and why now was the time
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Public health consequences – now and in the future – of widespread disinformation
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How technology contributes to the problem
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How this can facilitate alleviate it
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The importance of informed public discourse in health policy and beyond?
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What does the modern era of toxic social media, artificial intelligence (genAI), deepfakes, etc. mean for disinformation?
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How the healthcare industry can confront inexact or harmful information
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