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19 INNOVATION 2 healthcare aspects on the cusp of change By Naomi Diaz L arge language and multimodal models that respond with text explanations and ambient documentation in healthcare are on the cusp of change, UC San Diego Health's first chief health artificial intelligence officer, Karandeep Singh, MD, told the La Jolla Light in a Jan. 4 report. Dr. Singh said artificial intelligence will influence the change healthcare will see regarding large language and multimodal models that respond with text explanations as well as with ambient documentation. "Let's say someone is ready to go home and they've been in the hospital for a month. It can be a lot of work to accurately pull together, sort of in a nutshell, everything that happened to this person during that time," he told the publication. "And that can also be a challenge when a patient is handed off from one physician to another. So accurate summarization to reduce the documentation burden is another idea that's coming soon." Regarding ambient documentation, Dr. Singh said instead of clinicians jotting down notes while looking at a computer screen, AI could allow physicians to have natural conversations with patients with the encounter being processed in real time. He said with AI, this could go beyond simple transcription, encompassing the formatting of information in a manner that suits clinicians' documentation needs. "That kind of technology is being tested now in a few places, but we haven't yet seen the big study that tells us whether it works or not," he said. n said their organizations have adopted a generative AI solution. 3. Healthcare executives who intend to invest in generative AI said they are primarily driven by the goal of improving efficiency. 4. Healthcare executives expressed enthusiasm for the possibilities offered by generative AI, but a significant portion of respondents said they remain uncertain about the specific areas within their organizations where they will implement AI. 5. Among those with a defined strategy, the most common intent is to acquire generative AI solutions aimed at improving efficiency in tasks related to documentation, patient communication and workflow. 6. Accuary, cost and security were listed at the top three challenges associated with generative AI. n Don't let disconnected provider data hold you back. Growing your provider network depends on scalable, centralized credentialing. Visit verifiable.com/streamlined-data