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This seems to be a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool the promise of improving health care efficiency and reducing clinician burnout emerges almost every day. According to Deloitte75% of “large healthcare companies” are experimenting with generative AI.
In response, Mass General Brigham is bringing health systems together to test and compare notes on emerging AI tools from companies such as Microsoft, Google and OpenAI, and also to examine how these tools work in clinical settings. In a Nov. 13 announcement, the Boston-based health system touted the venture, called Healthcare AI Challenge, as the “first-of-its-kind interactive virtual environment” that allows clinicians to evaluate AI solutions.
Participants will have access to new AI tools used for specific tasks, such as medical image evaluation, which they can test in simulations and provide feedback on their performance. This feedback will be made public so that health systems not involved in the partnership can learn from the program, according to the press release.
The first in a series of challenges will focus on radiology, as AI has already had a “rapid and significant impact” in the specialty, according to General Mass Brigham.
Future challenges will involve specialties such as pathology and genomics, according to the release. Ryan Jaslow, a spokesperson for Mass General Brigham, told Healthcare Brew that there is no set timeline for when each challenge will take place, saying that “new events… will be incorporated as they come.” to make the Healthcare AI Challenge relevant for all healthcare stakeholders. and clinical specialists.
“We are facing a massive influx of FDA-approved AI tools in health care, especially in radiology,” said Dushyant Sahani, chair and professor of the department of radiology at the University of Chicago Medical School. the University of Washington, in a press release. “The formation of an academic collective could play a crucial role in the validation and selection of these tools, ensuring that they meet the highest standards of effectiveness and safety. »
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, along with the radiology departments of the University of Wisconsin School of Public Health and the University of Washington School of Medicine, have signed on as partners for the initiative . General Brigham said in the release that additional health system partners will be announced at a later date.
The American College of Radiology, a professional group that represents radiologists, also joined.
Establish standards. The program comes as healthcare professionals attempt to establish standards for integrating AI into their work. In March, a group of health systems, healthcare organizations, AI and data scientists formed the Coalition for Health AI, or CHAI, which in June released draft guidelines on “best practices when designing, developing and deploying AI in healthcare workflows”.
“We need to move beyond collaborations that build consensus on how to think about AI,” Alistair Erskine, Emory Healthcare’s chief information and digital officer, said in a statement. “We need healthcare delivery communities to provide real-world experience in applying AI at the point of care. This is what the Healthcare AI Challenge is designed for.