Event Details
AI in Health Care: Opportunities and Challenges for Integrative Medicine
Claudia Witt MD, MBA
Professor of Medicine, University of Zurich
Director, Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine
University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 am ET
Online via Zoom
Cost: Free. CME credit available. Please email your name, degree title and institution if applicable to [email protected] during the event to claim credit.
Description:
As healthcare undergoes a significant digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) and mobile health applications get increasingly integrated to medical practice. AI is embedded in some health applications while absent in others, yet its expanding role in healthcare delivery is inevitable, affecting both conventional and integrative medicine.
Dr. Witt’s presentation will examine current and anticipated implications of AI in healthcare, including near-term challenges and opportunities as well as longer-term considerations. She will also discuss the development of Digital Twins—virtual representations of physical entities, such as patients, that utilize real-time data to model, predict, and optimize clinical outcomes. Her presentation will also discuss strategies for a balanced integration of AI in healthcare, considering the interconnected roles of individuals, teams, and broader systems in the digital transformation.
Speaker Bio:
Claudia M. Witt, MD, MBA is trained as a medical doctor and epidemiologist. She is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Zurich (UZH) and serves as the Director of the Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at the University Hospital Zurich. In her leadership role as co-director of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI), UZH’s competence center for digital transformation, she actively shapes the digital future. As a member of UZH’s Digital Strategy Board, she advises the University’s Executive Board on strategic digitalization matters.
Her clinical work combines digital health approaches with mind-body practices and lifestyle modifications. In her research she addresses questions from translational to implementation research, utilizing quantitative and mixed methods, and involving stakeholders in participatory research. She has extensive experience conducting clinical trials including health economic evaluation.
She also applies user-centric and participatory approaches to develop strategies and recommendations. Teaching is her passion, particularly in guiding health professionals and students. She is committed to sharing knowledge and empowering people to make informed decisions about their health.