The Joys and Sorrows of Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into Healthcare Delivery

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of health care delivery, as evidenced by the FDA's approval of more than 300 medical AI systems by June 2021. Many people now believe that, “AI will not replace physicians, but physicians who use AI will replace physicians who don't.” Yet, incorporating AI into health care delivery calls for a rethink and redesign of day-to-day workflows, an undertaking that most health care systems are not ready for. This webinar features leading experts who have worked with clinicians in implementing AI in clinical practice to discuss the challenges and opportunities for business and AI researchers, as well as clinical practitioners.

Panelists:

Avi Goldfarb, PhD, is the Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare and a professor of marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is also Chief Data Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab and the CDL Rapid Screening Consortium, a faculty affiliate at the Vector Institute and the Schwartz-Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on the opportunities and challenges of the digital economy. 

Natalia Levina, PhD, received her doctorate in Information Technology from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and is a Full Professor at New York University Stern School of Business. Her main research interest is in understanding how people span organizational, professional, cultural, and other boundaries while producing and using technological innovations. Currently, her studies focus on the evaluation and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine, open innovation projects, theories of smart contracts, and firm-community relationships in crowdsourcing. A large part of her prior research has focused on strategies and tactics relating to global sourcing of expertise, content, and ideas. Her work has made significant contributions to the understanding of vendor capability building in professional services, multivendor portfolio strategies, knowledge-sharing and collaboration effectiveness for distributed innovation, and strategies for open innovation. 

Moderators:

Andrew Ching, PhD, is a Professor of Marketing, Economics, and Public Health at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, with a joint faculty appointment at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Research Director, Digital Business Development Initiative. He is a member of the HBHI Leadership Team.  

Tinglong Dai, PhD, is a Professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, with a joint faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. He is a member of the HBHI Leadership Team.   

Co-sponsor: Digital Business Development Initiative 

Conversations on the Business of Health Webinar Series

This event is part of a larger series on 'Conversations on the Business of Health,' which will be one-hour webinars that will engage leaders in business and academia. We will explore questions such as: Should companies invest in their employees’ health?  Are companies responsible for the health consequences of their products? Will artificial intelligence actually advance health? How can business offer healthcare in novel settings?

Moderated by faculty members and jointly hosted by the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey Business School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Medicine, the series is open to all.  Indeed, we invite you to spread the word as we seek participants both inside and outside of Johns Hopkins, including the business world.

Seminars will be on a Friday from noon to 1 p.m. unless otherwise noted.