Developments around AI in healthcare have accelerated in some ways since 2021 when we published our first eBook on the topic. Chatbots such as Chat GPT by OpenAI and generative AI are commonly used vocabulary in the new dialogue. Hospitals are developing ways to use AI in medical coding. Health tech and medtech companies are expanding applications for AI deployment.
The move by the Office of the National Coordinator for IT in December 2023 requiring transparency for health tech companies developing AI-driven software is a significant milestone in the story of AI in healthcare. As ONC Head Micky Tripathi observed at the time, it will spur more adoption of AI-powered tech for healthcare delivery and help produce higher quality AI tech for healthcare when it goes into effect in 2025.
This year marked another milestone — the first time a company received marketing authorization from the FDA for an AI-enabled sepsis detection tool for hospitals. Companies also see opportunities for AI to improve clinical trial recruitment, identify targets for drug development, and more. In pharmacy benefit management, there is the potential to harness AI to automate prior authorization and formulary optimization.
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As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
A new eBook from MedCity News highlights the variety of technologies emerging from AI tech developers across the healthcare landscape from health tech startups to healthcare organizations, biopharma companies, and a medtech giant. It also captures the ethical concerns and best practices advocated by healthcare executives who want to ensure that AI algorithms support health equity.
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