AI's no-fly zones: 5 executives weigh in
08/21/24 at 03:00 AM
AI's no-fly zones: 5 executives weigh in
Becker's Health IT; by Kelly Gooch; 8/16/24
It is clear that healthcare leaders are engaged in the artificial intelligence space. ... Below, five executives answer the question: What specific parts of healthcare delivery, operations and decision-making are best left to human judgment? ...
- Gerard Colman, PhD. CEO of Baptist Health (Louisville, Ky.): Any final clinical decisions regarding patient care will not be a place for AI in its current state. ...
- Aidan Hettler. CEO of Sedgwick County Health Center (Julesburg, Colo.): ... Personalized patient interactions, such as discussing difficult diagnoses or understanding a patient's emotional state, require empathy and trust that only human providers can offer. ...
- Dave Lehr. Chief Strategy Officer of Meritus Health and COO of the proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine (Hagerstown, Md.): ... There are certain things that make us who we are: individuals with the freedom to live according to our beliefs, hopes and apprehensions. Healthcare is the industry with the most intimate connection to these things. ...
- Amit Vashist, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of Ballad Health (Johnson City, Tenn.): ... We need to realize that at the end of the day, healthcare boils down to a very sacrosanct interaction between a patient and a clinical caregiver ...
- Cheryl Nester Wolfe, RN. President and CEO of Salem (Ore.) Health Hospitals and Clinics: ... [We] believe it's crucial that we maintain the human touch in areas like end-of-life decisions, the patient-physician connection and ethical choices. ...