2024 AANS Neurosurgical Topics for APPs - On-Demand-Artificial Intelligence Q&A Session

Artificial Intelligence Q&A Session - Daniel Donoho

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Dr. Donohoe, a pediatric neurosurgeon, discussed the increasing role of AI in healthcare, emphasizing its integration in clinical operations and medicine. AI tools enhance team communication, automate surgical planning, and assist in digital pathology by offering swift tissue analysis. Generative AI, which creates outputs like text or images, is emerging, though concerns about data privacy and ethical implications persist, especially with tools like transcription apps translating medical conversations into notes. While currently AI applications have room for improvement, they are aiding in patient care by potentially allowing clinicians to focus more on patient interactions. The talk also highlighted AI's role in surgical assessment, enabling better predictions of outcomes and performance metrics. Dr. Donohoe calls for active engagement with AI technologies in healthcare, underlining the need for ethical oversight and adaptable societal attitudes toward its use.

Keywords

AI in healthcare

pediatric neurosurgery

digital pathology

generative AI

ethical implications

surgical assessment