Health systems and hospitals conduct extensive reviews of any new AI tool before putting them to use. Through at least one and sometimes several different committees, they ask questions about everything from value to workflow effects.
Healthcare leaders are putting new AI tools through a rigorous review process before they’re tested in the healthcare setting. In many settings those tools pass through a series of committees, who evaluate the technology for cost, usability, workflow effects and, of course, ROI.
In interviews with CIOs and AI officers and during the recent AI in Clinical Care Mastermind forum at the HealthLeaders CEO Exchange, a pattern emerged. The vetting process often begins with four main questions. These set the stage for further review and ensure that a new tool isn’t being introduced just because it looks good.
James Blum, MD-CDH-E, Chief Health Information Officer at University of Iowa Health Care, takes this a step further. Any pilot using AI, he says, should be able to good enough to publish as a study and stand up to peer review.
Here’s what healthcare leaders are asking of their AI tools:
Copy of 4 tips by Eric Wicklund
Eric Wicklund is the associate content manager and senior editor for Innovation at HealthLeaders.