Patient Safety Awareness Week: AI and Health Care: Implications for Safety and Quality as the Field Matures
Patient Safety Awareness Week: AI and Health Care: Implications for Safety and Quality as the Field Matures
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Patient Safety Awareness Week: AI and Health Care: Implications for Safety and Quality as the Field Matures Webinar
Generative AI is entering health care at a pace few anticipated, bringing with it extraordinary promise and complex challenges. In this free, live session, Dr. Robert Wachter, chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine and Member Emeritus of the Lucian Leape Institute, offers a clear and balanced look at how this technology is reshaping the way care is delivered. He explores the tension between hype and skepticism and discusses what leaders, clinicians, and organizations need to understand as AI becomes more deeply embedded in everyday practice.
Dr. Wachter examines how AI can support a health care system facing rising costs, administrative burden, and widespread clinician burnout. He emphasizes that AI does not need to be flawless to make a measurable impact on quality, safety, and patient experience. It simply needs to represent meaningful improvement.
Drawing from his new book, A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future, Dr. Wachter provides thoughtful perspectives, real-world examples, and considerations for navigating this moment of transformation with intention, equity, and a commitment to better care.