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NY hospital exec: Multimodal LLM assistants will create a “paradigm shift” in patient care


NewYork-Presbyterian's Dr. Ashley Beecy said generative AI promises to be a paradigm change. Multimodal LLM technology can provide all-encompassing, proactive care, including insights from things like imaging, echocardiograms, and electrocardiograms.

She sees a path where the hospital system first tackles low-risk administrative use cases for generative AI, such as summarizing verbal conversations from patient visits. NYP is taking a conservative, measured approach to the technology, Beecy said, by making sure it aligns two main stakeholders – those who want to roll out generative AI tools, and those who are going to use them. Sarah Bird, global lead for responsible AI engineering for Microsoft, spoke in a session following Beecy’s, in a conversation that was moderated by Sharon Goldman and myself.

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