AI systems that communicate with patients, nudging them to take their medications, show promising results. Using a tool called Nuna, Lateef said his institution found that of the first 100 patients who had uncontrolled hypertension, 20 were able to bring it under control. \u201c20% is a huge number in healthcare. If you take 20 patients with uncontrolled hypertension and make it controlled, you decrease strokes, and you decrease heart attacks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Huffington was also optimistic about AI\u2019s potential. Her company, Thrive Global, partners with employers and healthcare organizations to create digital interventions that encourage people to adopt healthier habits. Acknowledging broader structural challenges\u2014\u201cI don\u2019t know when incentives will be aligned with payers and providers,\u201d she said\u2014Huffington emphasized that daily behaviors are fundamental to health outcomes, and that AI can help Thrive Global to personalize its guidance, helping patients to take incremental steps on key behaviors. \u201cWe work on five foundational ones,\u201d she said: \u201cwhat we eat, how we sleep, how we manage our stress, how we move and exercise, and how we connect with ourselves and others.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Lindsay, whose background is in technology and operations, a consumer-focused mindset has proved to be an advantage in healthcare. In March, Amazon began expanding\u00a0access to its Health AI assistant across the U.S. \u201cWhen people are on Amazon, we know quite a large percentage of searchers have what we call a high health intent,\u201d he said. People search for things like a healthy cookbook or a blood pressure cuff. Amazon Prime members now have access to what the company calls direct message care. \u201cPerhaps you have a urinary tract infection, or suspect you do\u2014you can start that conversation and have an asynchronous visit with a provider. And that prescription can be sent anywhere you want,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you send it to Amazon, it can be delivered to your house in two or three hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond access and adherence, AI could also help by synthesizing data from wearables and other sources, to present doctors with richer diagnostic information. \u201cWithout data, you can\u2019t treat a patient,\u201d said Lateef. \u201cIf you can synthesize the ecosystem and the information that exists outside and make it palpable, it will absolutely improve health outcomes for the people who are fortunate enough to have those devices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cInformation and data are incredibly important,\u201d Huffington said, \u201cbut we need to translate information and data into action.\u201d Otherwise, \u201cit\u2019s not enough,\u201d she said. \u201cIf information was enough, Apple Health would be winning. They are not winning because they don\u2019t give you action.\u201d<\/p>\n
The panel\u2019s participants were also hopeful that AI could reduce the inefficiencies that drive up healthcare costs. \u201cThe amount of time we spend on healthcare in this country dealing with inefficiencies is astronomical,\u201d Lateef said. \u201cHealthcare is a human right, and we can make it equitable across this country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AI systems that communicate with patients, nudging them to take their medications, show promising results. Using a tool…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[182,4,450,451,6856,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-669515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-ai","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-leadership","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}