Channeling the Potential of AI to Advance Health Equity
Workshop Date and Time:ÌýÌýAugust 18, 2021 | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Where:ÌýVia webinar
This event is a collaboration between the NAM’s Leadership ConsortiumÌýDigital Health Action CollaborativeÌýandÌýCulture Inclusion & Equity Action Collaborative, which in concert aim to advance a learning health system by enabling the effective and equitable integration of new technologies to meet the individual care needs of all people. This webinar is designed to launch a discussion around key principles for the development, deployment, utilization, and maintenance of AI tools to realize their transformative potential in achieving equitable health for all populations and avoiding harm. This meeting will seek to begin to answer the following questions:
- How do we realize the potential of AI in achieving equitable health for all populations?
- What are the most commonly encountered situations or scenarios that pose a risk of generating a biased AI model? What factors contribute to the disparities in the development, use, and uptake of AI-enabled tools?
- How can key stakeholders build, train, use, and evaluate AI-driven health interventions in a way that supports equity? What are promising examples of AI tools to support equity? How can we leverage the transformative potential of this emerging technology?
Outcomes from this event will seek to identify actions NAM can take to advance best principles and practices guiding the innovation, deploying, and scaling of AI-enabled health tools to enhance health system outcomes, resiliency, and equity.
Agenda
12:00 pm ET | Welcome & Introductory CommentsÌýÌý
- Michael McGinnis,Ìý911±¬ÁÏÍø Academy of Medicine
- Sandra Hernández,ÌýCalifornia Health Care Foundation
- Reed Tuckson,ÌýTuckson Health Connections LLC
Ìý12:20 pm ET | Overview and Strategic FramingÌý
This session will orient the group to the state of play of equity in digital transformation, including the many elements shaping the health technology landscape, particularly the rise of artificial intelligence tools.
Moderator:ÌýJonathan Perlin,ÌýHCA Healthcare
Keynote Speaker: Marzyeh Ghassemi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Q&A
1:00 pm ET | Ensuring Equity in AI
The session will provide an update on key areas where bias can be introduced into the development, implementation, use, calibration and evaluation of AI-enabled tools. Following brief presentations, panelists will discuss what can be done to mitigate bias and ensure equity, considering broad elements ranging from collecting primary data, to training and other technological changes.Ìý
Moderator:ÌýBill Novelli,ÌýGeorgetown University
Moderator: Reed Tuckson,ÌýTuckson Health Connections LLC
- Emily Bembeneck, University of Chicago
- Varoon Mathur, New York University
- Irene Dankwa-Mullan,ÌýIBM Watson Health
Reactor: Sonoo Thadaney-Israni,ÌýStanford University
Reactor: Nondas Sourlas,ÌýCVS Health
1:50 pm ET | Real-World Applications of AI to Support Health EquityÌý
AI tools are currently being used in health and health care applications: sometimes, in ways that can support equity, and other times in ways that invite bias or increase disparities. This session will feature presentations from field leaders who have been involved in these use cases, and invite discussions on key takeaways from their findings, focusing on ways that these tools can be developed, trained, implemented, evaluated, and used in ways that support equitable treatment and health outcomes.
Moderator:ÌýJonathan Perlin,ÌýHCA Healthcare
- John Halamka,ÌýMayo Clinic
- Matt Might,ÌýThe University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Suzanne Tamang,ÌýVeterans Health Administration
Reactor: Amy Salerno,ÌýUniversity of Virginia
Reactor: Ngozi Moses,ÌýBrooklyn Perinatal Network
Reactor: Lebone Moses,ÌýChisara Ventures
Reactor: Amy Vreeland,ÌýPathways Community HUB Institute
2:45 pm ET | Discussion and Audience Q&AÌý
After hearing a brief reaction and summary of key takeaways of the afternoon’s discussion, webinar participants will have an opportunity to ask additional questions of the panelists, as they engage in a moderated discussion.
Moderator: Mary Naylor,ÌýUniversity of Pennsylvania
Reactor: Lanay Mudd,Ìý911±¬ÁÏÍø Institutes of HealthÌý
Reactor: Sara Gerke,ÌýPennsylvania State University
Q&A
3:30 pm ET | Call to Action
Concluding observations, as well as final thanks to all invited speakers and reactors
- Michael McGinnis,Ìý911±¬ÁÏÍø Academy of Medicine
- Collaborative Co-Chairs
4:00 pm | Adjourn
Questions? EmailÌýleadershipconsortium@nas.edu.
