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Grand Challenges in Healthcare AI

2024/9/7
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Julie Yoo
专注于健康技术投资的Andreessen Horowitz一般合伙人,拥有深厚的软件和医疗保健系统背景。
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Vijay Pande
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Vijay Pande:人工智能在医疗保健领域的应用潜力巨大,可以带来革命性的变化,而非仅仅是渐进式的改进。他认为,成功的AI应用需要比现有技术好十倍,或者至少易于采用,才能被广泛接受。他强调AI应该成为医生的助手,赋予他们新的能力,或者以简单易用的方式融入工作流程。他还谈到了AI在后勤管理方面的应用,认为将后勤工作视为数据问题而非人员问题,可以实现自动化并降低成本。Pande还讨论了AI在临床试验中的应用,认为AI可以帮助我们更好地理解药物和治疗效果之间的因果关系,优化药物和治疗方案,并考虑成本效益。他认为,构建一个持续运行的临床试验基础设施需要解决数据问题和因果关系问题,并最终实现对药物和治疗方案的优化。Pande还认为,AI可以帮助建立一个医疗保健领域的实时价格市场,根据供需动态调整价格,并减少医疗资源的浪费。 Julie Yoo:Yoo 认为医疗保健行业面临的主要危机之一是劳动力短缺,AI可以帮助解决这个问题。她还指出,AI可以帮助解决医疗保健中存在的行为改变难题,将成功应用于小部分人群的策略推广到更广泛的人群。Yoo 认为AI最大的机会在于如何将已被证明有效的行为改变策略推广到更广泛的人群。她还谈到了AI在医疗保健后勤管理方面的应用,认为AI可以简化医疗索赔流程,实现实时支付,从而降低医疗成本。Yoo 还讨论了AI在临床试验中的应用,认为构建一个持续运行的临床试验基础设施,可以按需分析人群数据,进行回顾性或前瞻性数据分析。她认为,AI可以帮助我们更好地利用每天都在人群中自然进行的大量临床试验数据。Yoo 还谈到了AI在医疗保健预约安排方面的应用,认为AI可以帮助解决医疗保健领域供需不匹配的问题,提高效率。Yoo 还讨论了AI在电子病历方面的应用,认为大型语言模型(LLM)可以作为电子病历(EHR)的替代品,并可以帮助总结医疗记录数据,创建患者病历的叙事性描述。她还认为,AI可以作为医疗团队的辅助工具,提高团队协作效率,并及时发现潜在的安全问题。Yoo 还讨论了AI在患者就医选择方面的应用,认为AI可以帮助患者选择合适的医疗服务,减少医疗资源的浪费,并减轻医生的负担。她还谈到了AI监管问题,认为AI创业公司应该与监管机构进行沟通,了解监管规定,避免不必要的风险,并积极参与行业规范的制定。Yoo 还讨论了AI医生取代人类医生的可能性,认为这是一个循序渐进的过程,需要考虑复杂性和风险,并从简单的任务开始。

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The discussion focuses on the immediate impact of AI in healthcare, emphasizing the need for technologies that are not just incrementally better but significantly transformative, such as those that can alleviate the labor crisis and reduce burnout among healthcare professionals.
  • AI needs to be 10x better than current solutions to drive natural adoption.
  • Healthcare is facing a labor crisis and high burnout rates among professionals.
  • AI can help by automating administrative tasks and improving scheduling.

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Vijay Pande, founding general partner, and Julie Yoo, general partner at a16z Bio + Health, come together to discuss the grand challenges facing healthcare AI today.

The talk through the implications of AI integration in healthcare workflows, AI as a potential catalyst for value-based care, and the opportunity for innovation in clinical trials. They also talk about the AI startup they each wish would walk through the door. 

 

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