4 Steps for Building a Clinical Artificial Intelligence Program

Artificial intelligence (AI)  has the potential to prevent disease, detect any changes in patients’ medical conditions, diagnose patients faster, and individualize treatment plans to patients. But healthcare organizations need to have an infrastructure strategy in place to develop an effective clinical artificial intelligence program, according to a recent American Hospital Association (AHA) report. In order to successfully implement the technology into health systems, organizations must build a powerful AI infrastructure of people, policies, resources, and technology, the leading hospital group explained. First, hospitals and health systems should assign responsibilities to a group of leaders who will oversee the execution of AI projects. In addition, the organizations must assemble a team of AI experts who are knowledgeable about the steps needed to translate insights from clinical AI technologies to actionable steps for frontline providers at the point of service.