Augmented Intelligence The Next Frontier (English - White Paper)
Augmented Intelligence The Next Frontier (English - White Paper)
Augmented Intelligence The Next Frontier (English - White Paper)
AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE
THE NEXT FRONTIER
White Paper
THOUGHT LEADER’S PERSPECTIVE
Enterprise Imaging is key to enabling intelligent workflows
In Loving Memory of Ada Lovelace
Ada Byron (1815–82)
Synopsis:
The field of medical imaging has witnessed a context of workflows and systems that healthcare
revolution thanks to the digital transformation practitioners operate and interact with. Unlike
initiatives and availability of advanced clinical Artificial Intelligence, which tries to replicate human
applications in imaging. New imaging techniques intelligence, Augmented Intelligence works with and
are helping Radiologists, Cardiologists, Oncologists, amplifies human intelligence.
and other diagnosticians with greater anatomical
and clinical details, highlighting the need for fast Agfa HealthCare’s approach of building an ecosystem
access to imaging reports and results, collaborative of Augmented Intelligence powered by Machine
workflows and Augmented Intelligence. Learning, Cognitive Reasoning and Task-based
rules engine will help enable delivery of innovative
Augmented Intelligence is the intersection of solutions to enhance care delivery. Agfa HealthCare
machine learning and advanced applications, where Enterprise Imaging platform is standards-based,
clinical knowledge and medical data converge on a designed for interoperability and enables a
single platform. The potential benefits of Augmented leading-edge approach to seamlessly embed
Intelligence are realized when it is used in the machine learning algorithms.
Thought Leader’s Perspective
Enterprise Imaging is key to enabling intelligent workflows
While Radiology has been leading from the front when it comes
to digital transformation with transition from film to PACS
(Picture Archiving and Communication Systems), this transition
in other medical imaging specialties has been slow, or followed a
standards based approach.
AI
When it comes to Pathology, the digital transformation has left a
lot to be desired and has been preeminently non-standard based,
unlike Radiology where we benefited from DICOM protocols.
SMART APPLICATIONS
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE Smart Apps and workflows powered by AI & ML
REALTIME COLLABORATION
VISUAL HEALTH Foster real-time collaborative care ecosystem
WORKFLOW OPTIMIZATION
CLINICAL ENABLEMENT Task-based workflow rules
With EMRs, care organizations were successful thanks to smart applications and devices; the
in consolidating patient centered medical record traditional departmental PACS approach has
data, however, a consolidated imaging health created not only clinical collaboration challenges,
record gap still remained unaddressed, because but Information Technology infrastructure and
images remained in their own vertical silos. integration issues as well.
Keeping in mind the recent advancements in Thought leader care organizations are leading
medical imaging, and as radiology moves out from the front when it comes to enabling
of the traditional basement to operating rooms, Enterprise Imaging workflows and governance
to the point of care and even patient’s home, models to bring this all together.
Fully Agree
Partially Agree
Partially Disagree
Fully Disagree
“For our medical school, we’re building a data repository for all “Data Lake &
clinical data that we call a “data lake”. The idea is that all of the
clinical data will sit in the data lake in a de-identified fashion,
Machine Learning”
available for research and to feed into our machine learning
projects.”
90%
is not the Radiologists who are demanding more
visibility on the frontlines, it is bidirectional, and
there has never been more demand by caregivers
and referring physicians, and even patients,
seeking consultative dialogue with radiologists.
“We should free our experts to undertake expert work by “That’s where
removing as many non-essential tasks for them as possible.”
Artificial Intelligence
Angie Craig comes in.”
Assistant Director of Operations and Performance
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, NHS UK
Enable Multi-disciplinary
3
visual collaboration
40%
60%
14%
“A.I. needs to be verified.”
“One still needs fully trained diagnostician
to verify AI. Medicine and Radiology is still
(at least partially) an art.”
Early Cancer Detection Neurological
Dr. Heshan Panditaratne Disorders
Consultant Radiologist Chest Diseases
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, UK All of the
Cardiac Conditions above
Care organizations and health authorities across the globe are faced with pressing population health
challenges. Whether it comes to detecting cancers, or chronic diseases, Machine Learning and Advanced
Analytics will help improve radiologists and diagnosticians focus less on manual repetitive tasks, and
more on improving care pathways.
Preliminary Reports
“I think one of the biggest contributions deep learning / “A.I. will streamline
artificial intelligence will realistically make to me as a
my workflow and
Radiologist in the near future is not directly helping with image
interpretation, but in bringing the relevant information out of the will be a major step
clinical information system (CIS) / electronic medical record towards more
(EMR) and presenting it to me in a meaningful way to better personalized
inform my clinical judgment. Incorporating this directly into
the report will be how we can really add value as Radiologists medicine in
using deep learning. It not only will streamline my workflow Radiology.”
but also be a major step towards more personalized medicine
in Radiology.”
“This definitely will help the patient directly but also better
inform their clinician about tailored options for their precise care
as personalized medicine expands. The image “pre-screening”
will be in select areas and grow over time. Where it leads and
how quick it gets there is obviously the big question.”
LET’S TALK
As Agfa HealthCare celebrates 150 years of innovation in the field of imaging, join us for a dialogue and
allow us to provide you, the thought leaders, a hands-on learning experience to “Explore, Invent and
Transform” Radiology through innovation, and create positive impact on patient care.
We encourage you to reach out to us, to discuss your Imaging workflow challenges, and how we may help
you transition towards our Next Gen Enterprise Imaging solution powered by Augmented Intelligence.
Author:
Dr. Anjum M. Ahmed (MBBS, MBA, MIS, ITIL)
Global Director – Imaging IT Solutions - Agfa HealthCare
www.linkedin.com/in/dranjum/
Dr. Anjum Ahmed began his clinical career as a practicing GP and over the last 19 years has been focused on change
management initiatives and helping set the path to the digital transformation throughout hospitals and health
authorities across USA, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Asia Pacific. Dr. Ahmed leads
strategic solution development initiatives at Agfa HealthCare to help healthcare organizations enable value-based
care models that are centered around patients, helping healthcare organizations improve care and maximize value
with their health IT investments.
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