AI Today Podcast AI Today Podcast: AI and Healthcare, Interview with Gil Alterovitz, Director of AI at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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Nov 4, 2020 Gil Alterovitz, Director of AI at the Department of Veterans Affairs, leads groundbreaking initiatives to enhance healthcare for veterans. He discusses the creation of the National Artificial Intelligence Institute and its role in integrating medical and genomic data for better health outcomes. The conversation touches on innovative AI strategies to engage veterans, including a nonprofit matching them with clinical trials. Alterovitz also addresses the ethical implications of AI in healthcare and the need for user-friendly, explainable applications.
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AI to Go for COVID-19
- The VA is developing a framework for integrating AI research into clinical modules, starting with a COVID-19 prognosis dashboard.
- This "AI to go" approach allows quick deployment and testing of AI algorithms across VA locations.
AI-Powered Clinical Trial Search
- An AI tech sprint at the VA resulted in a tool that helps veterans search for suitable clinical trials.
- This tool uses deep learning to match veteran medical records with trial criteria, empowering veterans to find relevant trials.
AI Adoption Hinges on User-Friendliness
- AI adoption depends on encapsulating it in user-friendly tools that don't require AI expertise to use.
- User-friendliness requires not only high performance, but also seamless integration into existing processes.
