SPI Generative AI: Lessons from the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum

Publication Date: 13/09/2024

Last week, Boston was home to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s AI in Healthcare Forum. The event offered a chance for members of the healthcare and technology communities to meet and share their thoughts about the future of AI’s adoption in healthcare.
Why we are covering this topic
– Organisations such as HIMSS and the platforms they offer, will help shape how AI makes the transition from innovation to a valuable weapon in a hospital’s arsenal.
– HIMSS is an influential body, with its members at the leading edge of AI’s adoption in healthcare.

Top Five Takeaways from the AI in Healthcare Forum
– There is too much focus on point solutions, but integration is key
– A seamless, holistic AI assistant remains one of the most valuable implementations of generative AI
– Clinical workflow support solutions are the current leading use cases
– As good as AI tools are, there remains considerable need for their assessment
– AI’s adoption needs work; its uptake, in some instances, lags behind its capabilities.