Data Book

In this episode of Changes, we talk with Brian Frazee, president and CEO of the Delaware Healthcare Association. We talk about the challenges hospitals are facing with Medicaid cuts, an influx of new residents, market pressures, and state laws affecting Delaware’s hospitals.

A group of 12 U.S. hospital systems have teamed with Aidoc, an AI healthcare company, to form the Diagnostic AI Consortium. In this episode, we talk with Elad Walach, CEO of Aidoc. We discuss using AI to make better diagnosis, and how the group of hospitals will look to measure areas such as quality and safety. We also talk more broadly about how AI is changing healthcare and how health systems should be using AI.

Dr. Michael Kupferman, president and CEO of Penn State Health, talks about a $50 million from the Golisano Foundation for the children's hospital. The foundation has donated more than $500 million to create a network of children's hospitals. Dr. Kupferman talks about the hopes of expanding pediatric care and research in Pennsylvania and around the country.

Brad Goettl, chief nursing officer of American Nurses Enterprise, talks about partnering with Google and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation to help train nurses in AI. He also discusses how nurses are viewing AI and why health systems need to give nurses a seat at the table in developing policies for AI and choosing AI solutions.

In this episode of Data Book, we’re talking with Dr. Vanessa Diaz, a physician leader at the Medical University of South Carolina health system. She talks about providing digital tools to help patients get more access to care, the transformation of health systems, getting input from doctors, and keys for organizations to make life better for patients and doctors.