{"id":170,"date":"2025-02-07T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/?p=170"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:16:25","slug":"keynote-steve-davis-rethinking-quality-improvement-qi-the-role-of-innovation-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/2025\/02\/07\/keynote-steve-davis-rethinking-quality-improvement-qi-the-role-of-innovation-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote 1: Steve Davis &#8211; Rethinking Quality Improvement (QI): The role of innovation and technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><p><strong><em>Thursday 14 August 2025 | 09:20-10:05\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><br><p><strong><em>Format: Keynote<\/em><\/strong><\/p><br><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past 15-20 years, the pace of quality improvement (QI) has slowed, and many organisations struggle to achieve further gains after reaching high-quality benchmarks. Healthcare providers often experience QI initiatives as additional burdens, rather than integrated, seamless improvements. We will explore how innovation and technology can shift the focus from incremental changes to systemic, AI-driven transformation.<\/span><\/p><br><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The keynote will contribute to discussions on how AI and automation can enhance efficiency and reduce frontline worker burdens, rather than add complexity. Topics will include:<\/span><\/p><br><ul><br><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concept of &#8220;AI for QI&#8221;\u2014leveraging artificial intelligence for quality improvement.<\/span><\/li><br><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Case studies from Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital, including AI-powered ambient dictation to reduce administrative workload and AI-driven patient communication tools.<\/span><\/li><br><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technology partnerships, such as Dell\u2019s work on digital human interactions to enhance patient care.<\/span><\/li><br><\/ul><br><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will examine how public healthcare can collaborate with private industries to drive meaningful change. With tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft expanding into healthcare, traditional healthcare institutions must explore innovative partnerships to improve patient experience and maintain competitive advantages.<\/span><\/p><br><ul><br><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can AI and automation streamline QI initiatives while reducing provider burden?<\/span><\/li><br><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What role can tech-enabled workflows play in shaping the next decade of quality improvement?<\/span><\/li><br><\/ul><br><p><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/2025\/02\/07\/steve-davis\/\"><strong>Dr. Steve Davis <\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President &amp; CEO, Cincinnati Children\u2019s; USA<\/span><\/p><br><p>\u00a0<\/p><br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 14 August 2025 | 09:20-10:05\u00a0Format: KeynoteOver the past 15-20 years, the pace of quality improvement (QI) has slowed, and many organisations struggle to achieve further gains after reaching high-quality benchmarks. Healthcare providers often experience QI initiatives as additional burdens, rather than integrated, seamless improvements. We will explore how innovation and technology can shift the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}