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Dr. Amol Verma is a physician and scientist in General Internal Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Temerty Professor of AI Research and Education in Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Verma co-founded and co-leads GEMINI, Canada’s largest hospital clinical data research network.
- Objectives of GEMINI, using data to improve the quality of care [1:49]
- Digitization of health care and unlocking siloed information to improve health care delivery [5:01]
- Scaling GEMINI and interoperability across institutions and electronic medical records systems [7:50]
- Pooling data: batch data dumps vs. real-time data feeds [11:16]
- Data de-identification, Five Safes framework, and handling unstructured personal health information [13:35]
- What is federated learning? [18:20]
- Benefits of data sharing in health care from reducing length of hospital stay to recognizing/predicting delirium in patients [22:15]
- Ensuring transparency and fostering trust [29:10]
- Explaining the use of AI to patients [33:45]
Resources:
- GEMINI
- AI Scribes: Key Considerations for the Health Care Sector (IPC Guidance)
- AI Scribes Checklist: Key Considerations for the Health Care Sector (IPC Guidance)
- Principles for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (IPC and Ontario Human Rights Commission)
- Digital Health Under PHIPA: Selected Overview (IPC Guidance)
- Case of Note: Artificial intelligence gone wrong: Why custodians need strong AI frameworks and policies (IPC Guidance)
- Privacy Day 2026: Trustworthy AI in Health: The Promise, Perils, and Protections (YouTube)
- Privacy Day 2025: The Power of PETs: Privacy Enhancing Technologies (YouTube)
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