Artificial intelligence can be optimally applied in healthcare settings without exceeding human limits.
“When it comes to artificial intelligence, I still apply the principles of the Hippocratic Oath taken by doctors, but I have changed their purpose – artificial intelligence will not cause harm, we will maintain fairness and confidentiality, and above all, we should keep people informed,” said Dr. Shankar Sridharan, director of… clinical information at Great Ormond Street Hospital in the UK. He spoke at the plenary session entitled: “Implementing Generative Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Environments” at HIMSS24 APAC.
“Perfection [in AI] It’s not necessarily great; disclaims user liability. Artificial intelligence is already faster, but it can be nicer and safer – it is easier to pay attention to patients than we do [doctors] check and it is safer when a human is always up to date and can verify the artificial intelligence.”
Dr. Shankar gave a live demonstration of the exploit of ambient artificial intelligence to automatically generate clinical notes. He talked to the mock patient about his symptoms and medical history.
“Transcripts come in instantly,” he noted, displaying the results of the AI solution. “The platform automatically divided the notes into clinical notes that included the patient profile, allergies, symptom summary, observations, and plans for follow-up visits with the doctor.”
Despite the benefits, Dr Shankar stressed that hospitals should focus more on governance and digital infrastructure to ensure optimal AI implementation.
“AI protects cognitive load, but it needs to be done [within a governance framework]. We need to look at verbal error rates and hallucination rates. Responsibility for implementing the systems rests with hospitals. This may include artificial intelligence contracts that are subject to the test of emerging technology. Such systems should not be designed just for Ambient AI, but for any AI technology.”
Dr. Shankar expressed interest in applying artificial intelligence to documentation for nurses and other healthcare staff, in addition to physicians.