Episode 11: The Current State of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare feat. Dr. Anthony Chang

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In this episode, Dr. Anthony Chang, a pediatric cardiologist and the Chief Innovation & Intelligence Officer at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, discusses his journey as a physician and data scientist with a passion for the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical medicine. The recent surge in AI applications across various industries has created tremendous opportunities in healthcare to harness AI tools to dramatically impact operations, outcomes and patient experience. Dr. Chang discusses hot topics in AI such as the robot process automation (RPA) and the convergence of clinicians and data scientists along with practical approaches to disseminate and scale AI projects at a hospital or health system. He also touches upon the challenges facing the development of AI solutions and advocates for creating a portfolio of projects to support “augmented intelligence” where physicians and AI work together cohesively to reduce burnout. The advances in AI globally is also explored during this dynamic discussion with Dr. Chang.

https://archive.org/download/EP13DrChangFinal/EP%2013%20-%20Dr%20Chang%20Final.mp3