Is Hospital AI Actually Working? A GI Chief's Test | Dr. Mohammad F. Ali

Dr. Mohammad F. Ali leads gastroenterology and hepatology at Oswego Health. He practices in Oswego, New York. He joins Benjamin Harlton to discuss life-threatening GI bleeds and choosing medicine. He recalls the week COVID stopped routine procedures. He also discusses his cholera research with icddr,b in Bangladesh. Dr. Ali explains how he uses AI for documentation and diagnostics. Ambient listening tools draft notes and help check wording for prior authorization. He describes a laboratory test that estimates a patient's five-year risk of esophageal cancer. He also explains how he checks whether an AI tool produces measurable improvement. This conversation is for general information. It is not medical advice. Chapters 0:00 In this episode 0:25 Why medicine, and why GI 4:35 When a bleed is life-threatening 8:12 COVID: the week procedures stopped 11:20 Cholera research in Bangladesh 14:03 Building GI at Oswego Health 15:13 What digital transformation means 16:48 How AI actually helps 20:23 Adoption vs measurable improvement 21:58 The next five years Guest: Dr. Mohammad F. Ali, Chief of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Oswego Health Host: Benjamin Harlton Image credits (Wikimedia Commons) Magpieturtle / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Kenneth C. Zirkel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... melvil / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Winthroppr200 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Hanabishi / Wikimedia Commons (CC0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Aashaa / Wikimedia Commons (CC0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Mikael Häggström / Wikimedia Commons (CC0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... caesarhealth.com