Signature Series 2024

2024 Signature Series: AI in Health- Navigating New Frontiers Summit

July 25, 2024
9:30 am-

3:30 pm

1330 G St NW, Washington, D.C. 20005
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AI in Health- Navigating New Frontiers Summit

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Barbara Jordan Conference Center – 1330 G St NW, Washington, DC 20005

9:00 AM Registration | 9:30 – 3:30 PM Panel Presentations

This year, the Signature Series delves into the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in both health care and health policy. In an era where data-driven decisions are paramount, AI offers unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, personalization, and innovation on a mass scale. Yet, it also raises critical questions about ethics, privacy, and equitable access. Our Series brings together the sharpest minds in the field to dissect these complexities. Through our unique model of diverse dialogue and evidence-based discourse, we will explore how AI can and is reshaping health care and health policy.

The 2024 Signature Series Summit featured a series of discussion panels with industry visionaries, administration executives, and numerous experts to further explore Artficial Intelligence in the health care system.

This ticketed event was FREE and open to the general public.

Please note the Summit Welcome Reception required a separate ticket.

Panel Details

AI in Health: Board Governance That Complements the Health Policy Perspective

July 25, 2024

Lessons Learned From Crisis: How COVID-19 Yielded Lessons for AI and Health Policy

July 25, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a transformative period for health systems, offering critical insights into managing rapid and complex health care challenges. Panelists discussed lessons learned from the pandemic and their application to the ongoing development of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and health policy.  Speakers

What is Responsible AI?: Mitigating Bias, Driving Equity, and Maximizing Benefits

July 25, 2024

Understanding and implementing responsible practices is paramount for using AI as a tool to advance health equity. Panelists discussed strategies to address known shortcomings, including bias in health care AI, considerations for mitigating community harm and maximizing benefits. Experts also shared insights on creating AI products and policies to improve...

Leading the Charge: Executive Insights on AI’s Impact

July 25, 2024

This executive insights panel will examine current uses and applications of AI, share innovative ideas and advancements that are driving significant change in health care, and provide valuable considerations for policymakers aiming to support and regulate this rapidly evolving field. Join us for an enlightening discussion on the transformative potential...

The “Goldilocks” Principle: How Do We Get Health AI Regulation “Just Right” to Encourage Innovation and Protect Americans?

July 25, 2024

At this pivotal moment, we have a unique opportunity to get AI integration in health care “just right.” Panelists discussed how policymakers can effectively balance advancing new AI technologies with ensuring safety, privacy, and efficacy in health care. Drawing from historical examples, experts shared valuable lessons from past policy implementations,...

Agenda

9:40am – Keynote “AI in Health: Board Governance That Complements the Health Policy Perspective” 

Speakers:

  • Byron Scott, M.D., MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Direct Relief

 

10:05am – “Lessons Learned From Crisis: How COVID-19 Yielded Lessons for AI and Health Policy”

The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a transformative period for health systems, offering critical insights into managing rapid and complex health care challenges. Panelists will discuss lessons learned from the pandemic and their application to the ongoing development of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and health policy. 

Speakers:

  • Moderator
    • Jennifer Alton, MPP, President, Pathway Policy Group LLC
  • Panelists
    • Lee Fleisher, M.D., M.L., Former CMO & Director CCSQ at CMS, Founding Principal, Rubrum Advising
    • Laura Holliday, Assistant Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office
    • Hilary Marston, M.D., MPH., Chief Medical Officer, Food & Drug Administration

 

11:05am – “What is Responsible AI?: Mitigating Bias, Driving Equity, and Maximizing Benefits” 

Understanding and implementing responsible practices is paramount for using AI as a tool to advance health equity. Panelists will discuss strategies to address known shortcomings, including bias in health care AI, considerations for mitigating community harm and maximizing benefits. Experts will also share insights on creating AI products and policies to improve the health care system for all populations. 

Speakers: 

  • Moderator
    • Anna McCollister, Consultant, Four Lights Consulting / Sequoia Project and Health Information Technology Advisory Committee
  • Panelists
    • Arlene Bierman, M.D., M.S., Chief Strategy Officer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Stephanie Enyart, J.D.,  Chief Public Policy and Research Office, American Foundation for the Blind
    • Elliott Green, Co-Founder and CEO,  Dandelion Health
    • Jenny Ma, J.D., M.A., Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

12:50pm – “Leading the Charge: Executive Insights on AI’s Impact”

This executive insights panel will examine current uses and applications of AI, share innovative ideas and advancements that are driving significant change in health care, and provide valuable considerations for policymakers aiming to support and regulate this rapidly evolving field. Join us for an enlightening discussion on the transformative potential of AI and the strategies needed to ensure its successful implementation in health care.

Speakers: 

  • Moderator
    • John Whyte, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, WebMD
  • Panelists
    • Ian Blunt, M.Sc., Vice President of Advanced Analytics, Highmark Health
    • Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH, Immediate Past President, American Medical Association
    • Vincent Liu, M.D., M.Sc., Chief Data Officer, The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente

 

1:40pm – “The “Goldilocks” Principle: How Do We Get Health AI Regulation “Just Right” to Encourage Innovation and Protect Americans?” 

At this pivotal moment, we have a unique opportunity to get AI integration in health care “just right.” Panelists will discuss how policymakers can effectively balance advancing new AI technologies with ensuring safety, privacy, and efficacy in health care. Drawing from historical examples, experts will share valuable lessons from past policy implementations, including the acceleration of telehealth adoption, the evolution of HIPAA on data and patient privacy, and the modernization of electronic health records infrastructure. 

Speakers: 

  • Moderator 
    • Damon Davis, MBA, Host, “Discovery Diaries with Damon Davis” podcast
  • Panelists
    • Deven McGraw, J.D., MPH, LLM, Chief Regulatory and Privacy Officer, Ciitizen Health, Inc.
    • Geeta Nayyar, M.D., MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Technologist & WSJ Best selling author, Dead Wrong 
    • Jeff Smith, MPP, Deputy Director, Certification & Testing Division, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Event Resources

Primary Resources

“The role of machine learning in health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and in long COVID management.” Varón, L. S., et al. National Library of Medicine. April 11, 2023.
“COVID-19 and beyond: leveraging artificial intelligence for enhanced outbreak control.”Farhat F. et al. National Library of Medicine. November 8, 2023.
“The roles of machine learning methods in limiting the spread of deadly diseases: A systematic review.” Alfred, R. and Obit, J. H., National Library of Medicine. June 7, 2021.
“Application of artificial intelligence in COVID-19 medical area: a systematic review.” Chang, Z. et al. Journal of Thoracic Disease. December 13, 2021.
“Helping to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic with Artificial Intelligence.” United Nations. No date.
“Public Health Emergencies: Data Management Challenges Impact National Response.” U.S. Government Accountability Office. September 22, 2022.
“Framework to Address Algorithmic Bias in Healthcare AI Models.” Kennedy, S.Tech Target Healthtech Analytics. January 3, 2024.
“Guiding Principles to Address the Impact of Algorithm Bias on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare.” Chin, M.H., Afsar-Manesh, N., Bierman, A.S., et al. JAMA Netw Open. December 15, 2023.
“Promoting Equity in Clinical Decision Making: Dismantling Race-Based Medicine.” Hernandez-Boussard, T., Siddique, S. M., Bierman, A. S., Hightower, M., & Burstin, H. Health Affairs. October 2023.
“Voice Assistant Use in Long-Term Care.” Oewel, B., Ammari, T., & Brewer, R. N. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces. July 2023.
“Awareness of Racial and Ethnic Bias and Potential Solutions to Address Bias with Use of Health Care Algorithms.” Jain, A., Brooks, J. R., Alford, C. C., Chang, C. S., Mueller, N. M., Umscheid, C. A., & Bierman, A. S. JAMA Health Forum. June 2, 2023.
"’I Wouldn’t Say Offensive But…’: Disability-Centered Perspectives on Large Language Models.” Gadiraju, V., Kane, S., Dev, S., Taylor, A., Wang, D., Denton, E., & Brewer, R. 2023 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. June 2023.
“‘If Alexa Knew the State I Was in, It Would Cry’: Older adults’ Perspectives of Voice Assistants for Health.” Brewer, R. N. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts. April 2022.
“Understanding the Representation and Representativeness of Age in AI Data Sets.” Park, J. S., Bernstein, M. S., Brewer, R. N., Kamar, E., & Morris, M. R. Proceedings of the 2021 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society. May 2021.
“Collective AI Rights for Patients”. The Light Collective. The Light Collective. June 2024.
“Artificial Intelligence Can Be Regulated Using Current Patient Safety Procedures and Infrastructure in Hospitals”. Fleisher, L.A. & Economou-Zavlanos, N.J. JAMA Health Forum. June 28, 2024.
“The All of Us Research Program is an Opportunity to Enhance the Diversity of US Biomedical Research.” Bianchi, D.W., Brennan, P.F., Chiang, M.F., et al. Nature Medicine. February 2024.
“The Frequency of Pathogenic Variation in the All of Us Cohort Reveals Ancestry-Driven Disparities.” Venner, E., Patterson, K., Kalra, D., et al. Communications Biology. February 19, 2024.
“Genomic Data in the All of Us Research Program.” The All of Us Research Program Genomics Investigators. Nature. February 19, 2024.
“Toward an “Equitable'' Assimilation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning into Our Health Care System.” Agarwal, R. & Gao, G. North Carolina Medical Journal. July 11, 2024.

Experts

Amy Abernathy, M.D., Ph.D.

Verily Life Sciences, President and Chief Medical Officer 

 

Laura Adams, M.S.

National Academy of Medicine, Special Advisor

 

Michael Cary, Ph.D.

Duke University School of Nursing, Associate Professor and Elizabeth C. Clipp Term Chair of Nursing

 

Henry Claypool

Community Living Policy Center, Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Brandeis University, Visiting Scholar

 

Elizabeth Edwards, J.D.

National Health Law Program (NHeLP), Senior Attorney

 

Tina Hernandez Boussard, Ph.D., MPH

Stanford University, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics), of Biomedical Data Science, of Surgery and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

 

Maia Hightower, M.D., MPH, MBA  

Equality AI, CEO and Co-Founder

 

Cassandra LaRose, MPH, J.D.

National Health Law Program (NHeLP), Staff Attorney

 

David Machledt, Ph.D.

National Health Law Program (NHeLP), Senior Policy Analyst

 

Syed Mohiuddin, M.A., D.O.

Former Counselor to the Deputy Secretary, Health and Human Services 

Lucia Savage, J.D. 

Omada Health, Chief Privacy and Regulatory Officer

 

Christina Silcox, Ph.D.

Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, Research Director, Digital Health Policy

 

Jessica Smith, J.D.

Committee on House Administration, Committee Staff Detailee 

 

Aubrey Wilson

POPVOX, Director of Government Innovation

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