Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, nanotechnology, and biosensors will forever change the practice of medicine. The technologies are here now, and will only continue to expand. Physicians need to be an active part in guiding them; but, how?
We've got you covered with insights from national experts. Preparing physicians for the future of AI is an initiative of PAMED President Michael DellaVecchia, MD, PhD.
Advanced Technologies in Future Medicine with Dr. James Madara
Credits: 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Dr. James L. Madara is presently the CEO and Executive Vice President of the American Medical Association (AMA).
In this video, Dr. Madara addresses the following topics:
- How advanced technologies will affect the practice of medicine, and how they will be incorporated into health care.
- The importance of physician involvement in determining the choices and roles of advanced technologies in the practice of medicine.
- The necessity of physicians to understand the economic and the regulatory environment.
- How medical education is changing and will continue to change to incorporate knowledge of advanced technologies.
- How AI provides an opportunity for worldwide physicians to focus and collaborate on a healthcare effort.
- His caution for innovation efforts that are institutionally embedded, bureaucratic, geographically isolated, and have an inward vs. outward perspective.
- The need to standardize AI metadata and its portability
CME Credit: The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PAMED designates this enduring material for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.
No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring material posted: July 16, 2021
Enduring material expiration: Dec. 31, 2024
Advanced Technologies in Future Medicine with Dr. Aziz Nazha
Credits: 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Aziz Nazha, MD, is a hematologist and medical oncologist and Associate Medical Director for Artificial Intelligence in health care at the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center.
In this video, Dr. Nazha addresses the following topics:
- The Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center’s experience with Artificial Intelligence.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the future of emerging technologies at the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center.
- The role of data scientists in health care.
- Challenges related to the coordination of physicians and computational medicine.
- Collaboration among physicians, computer scientists, and international partners in the Cleveland Clinic’s AI program.
- The importance of adapting the education of medical students, residents and practicing physicians for future technologies.
- The need for the standardization of clinical metadata.
- Transitioning traditional medicine to advanced technologies.
- His concept of the future trends for artificial intelligence in health care.
CME Credit: The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PAMED designates this enduring material for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.
No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring material posted: July 16, 2021
Enduring material expiration: Dec. 31, 2024
Advanced Technologies in Future Medicine with Dr. Richard Snyder
Credits: 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Dr. Richard Snyder is presently the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Facilitated Health Networks at Independence Blue Cross (IBX) where he has served for 23 years. Previously Dr. Snyder practiced in Lancaster County and assisted in establishing physician-owned HMOs.
In this video, Dr. Snyder addresses the following topics:
- Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) robotics, drones, remote monitoring, biosensors, chat bots, etc., and their applications in future health care.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) in direct patient care, and applying metadata to actionable decisions for improved care quality and distribution.
- Patients’ acceptance of advanced technologies dominating their personal care.
- Physicians’ role in the determination of advanced technologies in health care.
CME Credit: The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PAMED designates this enduring material for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.
No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring material posted: July 16, 2021
Enduring material expiration: Dec. 31, 2024
Advanced Technologies in Future Medicine with Dr. Matthew Hepburn
Credits: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Col. (Retired) Matthew Hepburn, MD, was the Vaccine Development Lead for the Operation Warp Speed (now called the Countermeasures Acceleration Group), which was founded in May 2020 to help accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines. He has dedicated his professional career to addressing the threat of infectious diseases and pandemics.
In this video, Dr. Hepburn addresses the following topics:
- His entry into advanced medical technology and his use of artificial intelligence (AI).
- The technology, research, and knowledge to improve the care of patients, especially in terms of prediction, early detection, and early intervention of infectious diseases.
- How AI has assisted with the COVID-19 pandemic preparedness and response.
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and its efforts to “prevent technological surprise.”
- How the physician of the future should be educated to embrace advanced technologies and their impact on the practice of medicine.
- How biosensors will be used in the future of healthcare.
- His concept of future medical practice.
CME Credit: The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PAMED designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.
No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring material posted: Oct 11, 2021
Enduring material expiration: Dec. 31, 2024
Advanced Technologies in Future Medicine with Dr. Stephen Wolfram
Credits: 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Stephen Wolfram, PhD, is a world-renowned polymath whose expertise is in the computational analysis of data.
In this video, Dr. Wolfram addresses the following topics:
- How computational artificial intelligence (AI) works and what we can expect it to bring to the future of medicine.
- The data acquisition and analysis processes.
- Acquiring clinical data through advanced technologies.
- The importance and future uses of computational AI in healthcare.
- Challenges to healthcare as related to computational AI.
- The future education of medical students and physicians.
CME
The Pennsylvania Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Pennsylvania Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the enduring material.
No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring material posted: Oct 11, 2021
Enduring material expiration: Dec. 31, 2024
Advanced Technologies in Future Medicine with Dr. Eric Topol
Credits: 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Eric Topol, MD, is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Transitional Institute in La Jolla California. He is also a Professor of Molecular Medicine and the Executive Vice President of the Scripps research effort.
In this video, Dr. Topol addresses the following topics:
- The definition of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it relates to the practice of medicine.
- The future of AI in medical specialties such as ophthalmology.
- Examples of how AI is presently being used, such as with the COVID pandemic.
- How biosensors will be a part of advanced healthcare.
- His projections of the future physician.
CME
The Pennsylvania Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Pennsylvania Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the enduring material.
No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring material posted: Oct 11, 2021
Enduring material expiration: Dec. 31, 2024
Advanced Technologies in Future Medicine with Dr. Arthur Caplan
Credits: 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, is presently the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center and the founding director of its Division of Medical Ethics.
In this video, Dr. Caplan addresses the following topics:
- Defines bioethics and its responsibilities to the practice of medicine.
- How medical ethics is necessary in the frontline and future determinants of healthcare discussions.
- The teaching of ethics as a paradigm shift to physicians.
- How medical ethics relates to physician accountability, responsibility in patient care and consents.
- Physician concern that advanced technologies could relegate patient wellbeing and ethics to an impersonal algorithm.
- The importance of the physicians’ role in determining the future of medicine and its advanced technologies.
CME
The Pennsylvania Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Pennsylvania Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the enduring material.
No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring material posted: Oct 11, 2021
Enduring material expiration: Dec. 31, 2024
Advanced Technologies in Future Medicine with Ajay Royyuru
Credits: 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Ajay Royyuru, PhD, is a named IBM Fellow, which is the company's pre-eminent technical distinction. He leads the Healthcare & Life Sciences research at IBM.
In this video, Dr. Royyuru addresses the following topics:
- Technology trends that are advancing the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
- The need of standardization of clinical metadata.
- How computerization and AI will be used in identifying risks, predictive intervention, diagnosing and monitoring of patients, and fostering patient engagement.
- How AI, data integration, and other advanced technologies will be used in the future.
- The need for partnership between physicians and advanced technologies.
- The education of the future physician.
CME
The Pennsylvania Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Pennsylvania Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the enduring material.
No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring material posted: Oct 11, 2021
Enduring material expiration: Dec. 31, 2024