ShinDoctor of Medicine is Chief Health AI Officer, University of California, San Diego;
In the 1960s, at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Warner Slack We built the first computer that could ask patients about their medical history. Surprisingly, computers were found to be more accurate and detailed than doctors when meeting patients face-to-face. In the face of this technological advancement, Dr. Slack was asked whether computers would replace doctors. His answer is: can be replaced by a computer worthy It will be replaced by a computer. ”
Computers have changed medicine in many ways. The medical questions you answer using your cell phone today probably include some of the same questions that Dr. Slack's research participants answered with their vacuum tube computers in the 1960s. Sho. This information is now at the core of how healthcare is delivered.
Artificial intelligence is following a similar path. It wasn’t until recently that AI, specifically the latest form known as deep learning, was introduced into healthcare. Many of the advances over the past decade have focused on making it more convenient. Although it has only recently begun to be introduced into clinical settings, its adoption is progressing rapidly. AI is already playing a key role in making healthcare safer and more personal.
When I arrived here today, University of California San Diego Health When accompanied by fever and increased heart rate, AI tool monitoring patients in emergency room alerts medical team to possible sepsis, a potentially fatal reaction to a bloodstream infection. Since deploying this sepsis tool, more patients receive timely treatment for sepsis and deaths have decreased. This adds to a growing body of research across the country showing the potential for AI to save lives.
AI can also help make healthcare more personal. Computers have made health care more accessible, but our reliance on them means that clinical staff spend more time typing on computers and less time with patients. Masu. This issue was the focus of the book Deep Medicine by Dr. Eric Topol, Executive Vice President of Research at Scripps and another pioneer in the use of AI in healthcare. Many solutions have been proposed to this problem, and generative AI can help.
Generative AI is a type of AI that focuses on generating text, images, and videos. This technology, popularized by OpenAI's ChatGPT, currently has several variations, many of which can be downloaded and run on your own computer. UC San Diego Health was one of the first health systems to give doctors the ability to craft messages to patients using generative AI. Initial feedback from patients has been positive, but the jury is still out on whether the draft is a useful starting point. Later this year, we plan to begin evaluating an ambient AI scribing tool that, with permission, uses the audio from your visit to draft documents that would normally be created by hand.early Research by Permanente Medical Group AI scribing tools have been shown to save time spent typing, and some patients report improved interactions with their doctors. However, work still needs to be done on how to support the use of tools without becoming overly dependent on them. There are also many applications for generative AI that have yet to be explored, such as reviewing clinical records to identify barriers to care and preventable medical errors. We are actively evaluating their use in hopes of making care safer and more equitable.
At the University of California, San Diego Health, Joan and Irwin Jacobs Health Innovation Center aims to become a hub that accelerates the use of AI across the healthcare system. We do this in conjunction with the health system's robust AI governance processes to ensure that AI is used ethically in the communities we serve. UC San Diego Health publicly committed to this as a signatory to the US White House statement About responsible AI.Our company is also participating national partnership So that I can share it with others and learn from others.
Computers cannot and may not replace doctors, but they have ushered us into the AI era. If Dr. Slack were with us today, I would ask him to do any medical work. can Become safer with AI worthy Safer with AI.
