Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence to Improve Healthcare

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to advance healthcare by enhancing diagnostics, personalizing treatment, and improving patient outcomes through data-driven insights.  Gen AI can also help healthcare become more accessible and patient centered.  Below are three examples of Digital Healthcare Research Program (DHR)-funded projects that showcase the potential of GenAI to improve shared decision-making, to integrate into primary care, and to optimize care through data-driven treatment guidelines.  These projects demonstrate our commitment to producing evidence about how to safely and effectively use AI, including GenAI, as it continues to evolve in healthcare.

LabGenie: A Patient-Engagement Tool to Aid Older Adults' Understanding of Lab Test Results

LabGenie, a web-based patient engagement tool, has the potential to facilitate doctor-patient communication and boost engagement and shared decision-making in older adults with chronic conditions.
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Guiding the Safe and Effective Integration of Ambient Digital Scribes into Primary Care

Developing a guide to assist healthcare organizations safely and effectively adopt ambient digital scribes (ADSs), powered by artificial intelligence (AI), may help improve physician efficiency, reduce burnout, and enhance patient-provider interactions.
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Identifying Sepsis Phenotypes Associated with Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens Using Large Language Models and Machine Learning

Identifying when broad-spectrum antibiotics can be safely avoided in suspected sepsis has the potential to improve patient outcomes, reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, combat antibiotic resistance, and guide more precise, data-driven treatment guidelines to prevent harm and support public health.
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To access our full portfolio of research focused on AI, visit Funded Projects.  This page also provides access to the complete database of AHRQ-funded digital healthcare research and allows a download of customized project lists.

AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research Program’s mission is to determine how components of the digital healthcare ecosystem can best come together to positively affect healthcare delivery and create value for patients and their families.

Website: https://digital.ahrq.gov/
Funded Projects Database: https://digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/search
Contact: DigitalHealthcareResearch@ahrq.hhs.gov