Stomach Bug Reflections

This Week in Health AI #9 | Subscribe

Greetings! We at The AI Clinic have been bedridden for most of the past 36 hours with a wicked stomach bug. As such, this week we’re doing a truncated version of the newsletter highlighting the stories that caught our eye this week.

Here’s to feeling better next week.

Worth Checking Out

Advancing AI in healthcare: Highlights from Mayo Clinic’s 2024 AI Summit - The Mayo Clinic hosted a recent AI Summit exploring the "transformative potential" of AI in healthcare, emphasizing its ability to integrate multimodal data for improved decision-making and patient outcomes. Key discussions focused on bridging the "AI translation gap" by accelerating the integration of validated AI tools into clinical workflows through rigorous research and collaboration​.

 UnitedHealth’s Optum left an AI chatbot, used by employees to ask questions about claims, exposed to the internet - UnitedHealth continues to get lots of scrutiny given the media storm from Brian Thompsons murder. TechCrunch has reported that UnitedHealth's Optum left an internal AI chatbot, designed for employees to query standard operating procedures related to claims, publicly accessible on the internet without password protection. Although the chatbot did not handle sensitive health information, its exposure raises concerns about data security and AI governance amidst scrutiny of UnitedHealth's broader use of AI​.

David O. Sacks, future White House AI Czar, likely to favor startups and 'thoughtful' regulation - Fierce Healthcare has a short article discussing the appointment of David Sacks as the White House "AI and Crypto Czar," highlighting Sacks's likely stance on being very startup "friendly" and focus on minimizing regulation.

5 predictions for advancements of AI in healthcare in 2025 - Dr. Ronald Razmi put out an article for Fast Company highlighting his predictions on where health AI "low-hanging fruit" is for 2025.

4 takeaways from the FDA’s first digital health advisory committee - Medtech Dive has an article about the FDA’s first digital health advisory committee addressed the regulation of generative AI in medical devices, focusing on patient awareness, health equity, and safe implementation practices.

There’s about to be a lot of AI capital incineration - Former healthcare journalist Christina Farr shares her concerns with how much the AI venture capital market is starting to get out over it's skis with the AI hype. Farr has concerns that the market is getting to "frothy" with little to show for the immense amount of focus.

Hyro AI raises $35M series B with Healthier Capital's Amir Rubin - Hyro AI, a healthcare-focused no-code platform for AI-powered solutions, secured $35 million to expand its automated call center solutions. We found this notable due to the focus on Hyro's no-code solutions.