Healthcare must control the 'whether, when and how' of AI development and deployment

At the HIMSS23 opening keynote discussion, artificial intelligence innovators debated about how to weigh the "tremendous opportunities" for healthcare algorithms with the "risks – some of which we may not yet know about." HIMSS23 kicked off in full force here on Tuesday, in a full-to-capacity opening keynote with an audience from around the world. HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf noted that the organization's membership has now surpassed 122,000 – a 60% increase over the past five years – with an increasingly global feel. Healthcare and technology leaders from more than 80 countries are represented at the show, all trying to tackle similar challenges. Beyond the pandemic, other hurdles to health and wellness remain, in U.S. and worldwide: aging populations, chronic disease, geographic displacement and challenges with health access, financial pressures, staff-shortages and fundamental shifts in care delivery such as the rise of consumerism and the move toward telehealth and home-based care.