Healthcare needs AI outcomes measurement

Amy Chacko, IT portfolio manager at Hackensack Meridian Health, says the HIMSS chapter members she's spoken with are implementing AI slowly and carefully due to concerns about patient safety and achieving strategic goals.

The underlying challenge is how to fund an industry that's very important but is also perpetually on the brink of bankruptcy, says Kunal Sarda, CEO of Arya Health.

New artificial intelligence models have unpredictable consumption-based costs, says Rhett Alden, Elsevier's CTO of health markets. But "all you can eat models" and inclusive pricing can avoid the need for clinicians to meter tool use.