Under the hype, what's really happening with AI adoption in Canadian health care? The AI in Action: Transforming Clinical Care Across Canada Working Group recently completed a first-of-its-kind environmental scan of AI-driven clinical initiatives in Canadian health care delivery. Two leaders share what they found, why it matters, and what it means for you – today and tomorrow.

Guests:

• Dr. Tania Tajirian, Chief Health Information Officer and Chief of Hospital Medicine, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Dr. Angel Arnaout, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Provincial Health Services Authority

Learn More:

• AI in Action: Transforming Clinical Care Across Canada Environmental Scan
• Setting the Winning Conditions for AI-Powered Health Care Report
• Digital Health in Canada Episode 15: Setting the Winning Conditions for AI-Powered Healthcare

Summary:

00:00 Introduction to Digital Health Canada Podcast

00:58 Introducing Dr. Tania Tajirian and Dr. Angel Arnaout

07:27 AI in Action Working Group

10:24 Challenges and Opportunities in AI Implementation

12:30 Insights from the AI Environmental Scan

18:40 Global Perspectives on AI in Healthcare

26:55 Advice for Emerging Professionals

31:24 Future Directions

Music: RetroFuture Clean and Breakdown, by Kevin MacLeod. Used under Creative Commons.