Blue Ridge Academic Health Group releases report on artificial intelligence

The recently released Blue Ridge Academic Health Group (BRAHG) report: Separating Fact from Fiction: Recommendations for Academic Health Centers on Artificial and Augmented Intelligence can be accessed through this link http://whsc.emory.edu/blueridge/index.html.  This report explores the potential impact of Artificial and Augmented Intelligence on health and health care, identifies challenges and emerging risks associ­ated with AI-based technologies, and describes how academic health systems can harness these new capabilities. AI is the subject of tremendous discussion in health care as a developing set of technologies with the potential to transform patient care and business processes.  While highlighting these opportunities, the report also considers unanswered questions across all mission elements. 

The Blue Ridge Academic Health Group (BRAHG) is an organization of the nation’s leading academic health centers. The Blue Ridge Academic Health Group co-chairs are Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, (http://whsc.emory.edu/blueridge/members/co-chairs.html#LEWIN) executive vice president for health affairs, Emory University; executive director, Woodruff Health Sciences Center; and president, CEO, and chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare; and Jeffrey R. Balser, MD, PhD, (http://whsc.emory.edu/blueridge/members/co-chairs.html#BALSER) president and CEO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and dean, Vanderbilt School of Medicine. Thefull list of BRAHG members is available at: http://whsc.emory.edu/blueridge/members/members.html.