'Recognize it, monitor it, audit it': Taking action to avoid biased healthcare AI
During a session at HIMSS22, panelists discuss how healthcare organizations can build and maintain unbiased AI.
The INFORMS Analytics+ Conference showcased how companies are turning advanced analytics and AI into measurable operational results
In most emergency departments, beds are a hot commodity. But some patients don’t actually need a bed for their treatment – and accurately identifying those people is a low-lift but effective way to increase efficiency without sacrificing care quality, finds a study recently published in the journal Management Science.
The researchers developed a simple decision tree, informed by mathematical and machine learning models, to help staff decide whether a patient truly needs a bed or can be routed to a “vertical processing pathway” – that is, an area where they can be treated sitting up. Many hospitals already have such an area but don’t necessarily have a systematic way to decide which patients are treated there.
Diversity alone won’t get the votes for funding public education. It takes communities that are more integrated and connected, where residents have a sense of shared stake.
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During a session at HIMSS22, panelists discuss how healthcare organizations can build and maintain unbiased AI.
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“It’s just a lack of space and growing demand,” Jessica Alvarenga said.

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