The next big thing.  Often described as transformational, disruptive, and groundbreaking—the next big thing in the year 2017 within healthcare, is clearly artificial intelligence (AI).  But what practical impacts can the AI of today have on the healthcare environment?
 
“Siri”-like AI has found a profound niche already within the lives of patients and providers alike, as AI can remind a patient to fill a prescription, help a patient book a checkup, remind a nurse to turn a patient to prevent pressure ulcers, and host of other actions.  Whereas “HAL”-like AI is an active technology-based conscious that can problem solve highly complex medical issues based upon patient data.  

 

In healthcare, the future of “HAL” AI will be to anticipate, identify and treat a heart attack or stroke in at-risk patients, or improve processes to greatly increase the quality of pediatric, cancer, or prenatal care.  Some elements of artificial intelligence and machine learning are already being applied to business processes to adjust nurse scheduling based upon patient loads and forecasting, or informing patients of cancellations or vacancies to fill appointments more efficiently.  So with that said, where are we now?  Is artificial intelligence a practical reality now?

 

Join national CIO leader David Chou, who will explore the depths of AI applications that will guide a digital transformation, and the strategies that will power future compelling provider pilots.

 

Are you focusing on the right things to protect your hospital 2018? Today’s attacks are spreading faster, evolving quicker, and evading even the most widely used security solutions. 54% of hospitals suffered a successful attack in 2017 costing $301 per employee (Ponemon Institute) . Challenged with limited resources and bandwidth, the most exposed part of many organizations is usually the least protected; endpoints. In this presentation security industry veteran, Jack Danahy, will teach you about the latest threats targeting your organization and strategies to close your protection gap.

 

Learning objectives

•    How ransomware bypasses existing security solutions
•    The cost and operational impact of a successful ransomware attack
•    Strategies for reducing risk and protecting your organization from ransomware and other attacks

Dr. Phil Smith has 40 years healthcare experience and Board Certified in Family Medicine with subspecialty of Clinical Informatics (ABPM).

Phil currently serves on the Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 405(d)) Task Force for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  
He was an early adopter of electronic health records in 1993, He has served in leadership in all provider areas of healthcare from private practice, group practice, community hospital and large integrated delivery system.
 
He has automated over 60 hospitals, thousands of physicians, and authored two books.
Making Computerized Provider Order Entry Work, Springer, London, ©2012
Med Wreck: Proposing a Solution for the Nightmare of Medication Reconciliation ©2017
  
He does independent healthcare consulting under MedMorph LLC (medmorph.com) and is founder and senior editor of HealthITaccelerator.com, providing numerous resources for Health IT.

Prior VP/CMIO for Adventist Health System (9+ years) and CMIO The Moffitt Cancer Center (2013- Jan. 2016)