AI Governance and the Transformation of Clinical Care and Healthcare Informatics

Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Vice President of Informatics Deepti Pandita, MD, joins Physician Huddle to discuss the evolving role of clinical informatics and the powerful applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare IT applications. From predictive analytics in sepsis care to ambient scribing, lung nodule detection, and bespoke algorithm deployment, Pandita outlines how AI is reshaping clinical workflows and improving outcomes, all while reducing administrative burden for physicians and nurses. Learn how UCI Health is leading in responsible AI governance, education, and real-world integration of informatics tools across ambulatory and acute settings.

Topics discussed:

• The origins and evolution of clinical informatics and its role at academic health centers.
• How AI tools are being trained on millions of images to outperform human detection of subtle lesions (e.g., mammography, lung nodules).
• Real-world applications of AI in clinical decision support, including sepsis prediction, and pharmacogenomics.
• The promise of ambient scribing and automation to reduce documentation burden and improve physician wellness.
• AI governance, algorithmic bias, and ensuring tools are tailored to diverse patient populations.
• How UCI Health is piloting and validating its own AI models with a focus on safe, equitable, and scalable deployment.

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