On
March 29, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),
in association with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, reported its Artificial
Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge (AI Health Outcomes
Challenge). The AI Health Outcomes Challenge is lined up with
President Trump's as of late reported official request to organize
innovative work of America's AI abilities, in acknowledgment of the
expanding utilization of AI in the medicinal services setting. The
CMS Innovation Center will conceivably utilize the apparatuses
created amid the AI Health Outcomes Challenge to help the up and
coming age of cutting edge installment and administration conveyance
models.
The
power of artificial intelligence will realy be unleashed when
providers understand and trust the data and predictions.”
The AI Challenge will involve the following three stages- Launch Stage (March 2019 – June 2019)
- Stage 1 (Summer 2019 – Fall 2019)
- Stage 2 (Winter 2019 – Spring 2019)
The Challenge Structure - The Challenge consists of three stages.
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During the Launch Stage, participants will submit an application via ai.cms.gov and provide information about their proposed solution. Up to 20 participants will be selected to advance to Stage 1.
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During Stage 1, participants will design and
test their proposed solution using certain Medicare claims data sets. Up
to five participants will be selected to advance to Stage 2 and will
each be awarded up to $80,000.
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During Stage 2, finalists will be able to
request additional Medicare claims data and refine their solutions. The
grand prize winner in Stage 2 will be awarded up to $1 million and the
runner up will be awarded up to $250,000.
Challenges to AI in Health Industry
- Complexity
Medical
issues don’t appear in isolation and coordination of care is difficult.
Humans complexity is not that simple to make a simple AI algorithm to
Solve and understand the actual cause.
- Threat to human Jobs
Strong
fear associated with technology displacing human workers. We know human
jobs are the most susceptible with the introductions of these
technologies.
- High Cost
