BC Virtual Health Grand Rounds: Bridging the Gap between AI Development and Implementation in Healthcare
July 29 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Virtual Health Grand Rounds is a quarterly provincial rounds series for health-care professionals, health administrators, and IT colleagues to explore transformative, technology-enabled health-care delivery. The rounds spark discussion about the risks, benefits, and considerations for adopting technology to support patient-centered care.
Key Speakers
The fourth quarterly session of this series will feature Dr. Hashim Kareemi, who will speak on the Bridging the Gap between AI Development and Implementation in Healthcare.
The session will be moderated by Dr. Kendall Ho and Dr. John Pawlovich.
Dr. Kendall Ho is an emergency medicine specialist, Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Medicine, and leads the Digital Emergency Medicine Unit. He is the medical director of the BC Ministry of Health’s HealthLink BC virtual physician program and clinical evaluation lead of the BC Real Time Virtual Support provincial virtual care services. His Digital Emergency Medicine research and knowledge translation work focus on virtual care, wearables and sensors, machine learning and artificial intelligence in urgent and emergency care, and multicultural engagement in digital health literacy.
Dr. John Pawlovich is a family physician with over 25 years of clinical service spent across British Columbia in some of the most remote and underserved communities across the province. With over a decade of experience providing hybrid telehealth services to rural, remote, and Indigenous communities in the Carrier-Sekani territories across North-central BC, Dr. Pawlovich provides key insights into existing hybrid care models, as well as extensive experience in creating community-led healthcare solutions. As a founding member of the Real-Time Virtual Support program, Dr. Pawlovich has embraced innovation in the face of new and emerging challenges and has long supported the adoption of technology to support and elevate patient care.
