In a fireside chat moderated by Kyle Bowen, Deputy CIO of Enterprise Technology, Judith Karshmer, Dean and Professor, and Chief Wellness Officer of the Edson College of Nursing and Innovation, and Micheal Yudell, Dean and Professor of the College of Health Solutions, shared their experiences and expectations of AI in healthcare.
“AI has impact on our learners, it has impact for our providers, it has impact for our patients, and it has impact for our communities,” said Karshmer. “And all four of those are such an important part of what we’re doing at ASU.”
She then highlighted an occasion in which a nursing student used AI to help present medical information to all members of a family, including a five-year-old child and their anxious parents. The final product was praised for comforting the family and informing them further of their medical needs.
Yadell, whose personal mission for equitable access to care stems from his own experience battling cancer, cited the different variables which can impact patient outcomes, including demographics and environment.
“Why do different groups have different outcomes? Yadell asked. “We’ve zeroed in because of data analytic limitations on one of two of those variables, historically, and now with large language models and AI systems, we can load a tremendous amount of information. We can get to a better understanding of what is guiding your health – what is pushing you in different directions? We’re looking at ways to integrate the biological, the social, and the environmental.”
But with AI access to such large amounts of data information, the security of that information quickly became top of discussion.
“I’m concerned with the integration of all these technologies into our lives.” Yadell said. “We are partaking in technology-related integration into our lives without necessarily consenting to the data and how it gets funneled back and used in different ways.”