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ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD, and Benjamin Goldstein, PhD, recently served on an invited panel: ‘Machine Learning Applications in Medical Informatics and Avoiding Bias and Supporting Fairness and Equity’ for the Analytics and Machine-Learning for Maternal-Health Interventions (AMMI) 2023 Conference.

The Duke Office of Scientific Integrity DOSI hosted a virtual research town hall on “Artificial Intelligence and Academic Research:” featuring Duke Health’s Michael Pencina, PhD, and Duke ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD.

ABCDS Oversight Regulatory Advisory Subcommittee Co-Chair Amanda Parrish, PhD, RAC, and ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD, have been invited to present at the meeting of the North Carolina Regulatory Affairs Forum (NCRAF), a North Carolina-based association of regulatory affairs professionals.

The CHAI webinar featured Duke AI Health Director Michael Pencina, PhD, and Duke ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD, as they discussed the Blueprint’s recommendations for enhancing trustworthiness, ensuring high-quality care, and addressing evolving healthcare needs with AI tools.

The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has released its highly anticipated “Blueprint for Trustworthy AI Implementation Guidance and Assurance for Healthcare."

ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD, and Duke’s Ben Goldstein, PhD, and Eric Poon, MD, MPH, FACMI, were invited by Penn Medicine to introduce Duke’s Algorithm Based Clinical Decision Support (ABCDS) Oversight framework.

In early March, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy’s Christina Silcox highlighted Algorithm Based Clinical Decision Support (ABCDS) Oversight in an important, high-visibility meeting convened by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ABCDS Oversight Evaluation Lead Sophia Bessias, MPH, MSA, presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Her talk, titled “From Theory to Practice: Implementing Governance of Clinical Algorithms at Duke Health.”

A recent WRAL TechWire article highlights Duke University's Algorithm-Based Clinical Decision Support (ABCDS) Oversight Initiative and Committee, which leads efforts to ensure the rigorous evaluation and ongoing monitoring of AI tools in patient care.

Recent years have seen growing interest in the use of AI for healthcare. But as new tech spreads, there’s growing concern about the need for oversight and monitoring.