AI in Lab Medicine: Game Changer, Panic Maker?
Speaker:
Michael Astion, MD, PhD, Geoffrey Baird MD, PhD, Creator and Co-Founder, PLUGS, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington; Professor and Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington
Contact Hours:
1.0
Date:
September 02, 2026 - September 30, 2027
Description:
Mike Astion interviews Dr. Geoff Baird about AI in the Lab. Geoff is on a quest to integrate AI into the UW Dept of Laboratory and Pathology. In this podcast, we discuss key aspects of this work. We focus on practical uses of AI and then venture into applications that can significantly change the way we work.
Learning Objectives:
- ing Objectives:
- List three common tasks in laboratory stewardship that can be performed with AI.
- Compare and contrast basic AI that uses prompts to help with repetitive tasks and agentic AI, which can do complex tasks.
- Name a barrier to the implementation of AI in the clinical lab.