Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association AI in Healthcare: Equitable Care Navigation
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April 29 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Artificial intelligence is reshaping care navigation, risk stratification, and resource allocation—but without safeguards, it can reinforce inequities. This session explores how healthcare leaders can implement AI responsibly, protect patient choice, and measure equity-centered outcomes, while enhancing care coordination and access to services across diverse populations for a more inclusive, sustainable healthcare system.
Agenda
10:00 – 10:05 a.m. | Welcome!
10:05 – 11:00 a.m. | AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare
Dipu Patel, DMS, Professor, Vice Chair of Innovation, University of Pittsburgh
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Panel
- Moderator: Dipu Patel, DMS
- Tinu Tadese, M.D., Vice President and Enterprise Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Boston Medical Center
- Kade Crockford, Director of Technology and Justice Programs, ACLU Massachusetts
- Christopher Fields, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Themes include:
- Providing an overview on the risks AI in healthcare pose to exacerbating disparities
- Share equity centered frameworks when considering the use and implementation of AI-based methodologies
- Discussing implications across different levels: direct care, information technology, legal liabilities, and data governance
- Reflecting on risk and upstream effect of AI proliferation in healthcare