⚕️ WHO’s Guidance For Gen AI and Med-LLMs

Happy Friday! The HealthTech word is rapidly transforming and regulatory and advisory bodies are not far behind in their efforts to draft up guidelines for use of large language models and Generative AI in healthcare. We’re taking a deep dive into the latest code of ethics given by WHO for medical LLMs in our newsletter today.

Here’s what else we’re covering:

• Unlocking EHR Workflow Analysis

• Amazon Pharmacy Integrating With One Medical

• New Telehealth Service By Optum Perks

ANALYSIS
WHO’s Guidance For Gen AI and Med-LLMs

The World Health Organization has released guidance for the use of large language models and artificial intelligence in healthcare. 

The guidance proposes more than 40 recommendations for governments, technology companies and healthcare providers to ensure responsible use of large language models and AI. 

It outlines five applications for large language model use in health:

• Diagnosis and clinical care, including addressing written patient queries.

• Patient-guided utilization, for investigating symptoms and treatment.

• Clerical and administrative responsibilities, such as documenting and summarizing patient visits in EHRs.

• Medical and nursing education, involving simulated patient encounters for trainees.

• Scientific research and drug development, utilizing large language models to identify new compounds.

Read the full guidance on Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health by WHO here.

TOP STORY
Unlocking EHR Workflow Analysis

Preventing clinician burnout by increasing EHR efficiency is easier than reducing burnout after it has peaked, according to a KLAS Arch Collaborative report.

To take EHR efficiency at its peak, it’s essential to have an optimized EHR workflow. Optimized EHR workflow means having the right data at the right moment so that the person doing a task or step can move the process forward to completion.

In the EHR workflow analysis, also called process analysis, the goal is to identify, prioritize, and organize the tasks needed to accomplish the desired outcome of a clinical process.

Pivotal steps of EHR workflow analysis include:

• Organizing a multidisciplinary team

• Reaching out to an EHR developer

• Evaluating EHR workflow outcome

• Mapping current workflow

• Collecting vital data

• Analyzing the data

• Making changes to improve EHR workflow

Get to know in-depth about these steps here. 

DEEP DIVE
What is FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources)

FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is a standard that was created by the HL7. It determines how health information can be exchanged between systems, thus improving interoperability within healthcare systems.

FHIR also ensures that all healthcare data is accessible and available over a secure network.

Here’s a checklist to implement FHIR:

• Include FHIR Restful API

• Ensure interoperability

• Choose a suitable FHIR version

Read more on FHIR here. 

SNIPPETS
What else is making news

• Amazon Pharmacy is integrating with One Medical to give patients and providers increased access to medication consultations. As part of the pilot program, One Medical providers can request drug consults from Amazon Pharmacy staff for high-risk, complex and senior patients.

• Optum Perks, a prescription discount provider, has launched a new telehealth service that provides affordable healthcare and prescription treatments for conditions such as acne, cough and high blood pressure. The new service, with a starting cost of $25, allows patients to receive care at any time and can give them access to birth control, cold or flu medication and medication refills, without the need for scheduling or video chat.