Forbes December 22, 2025
Artificial intelligence applications may dominate health care discourse, but the low-tech initiatives of front-line hospital teams remain the most effective means of putting patient safety improvement into practice.
At the annual meeting of The Leapfrog Group, the patient safety nonprofit, the AI discussions mostly described potential. In contrast, the poster session projects of front-line staff focused on implementation.
AI panelists were energized by imminent breakthroughs. “We’re getting to the point where we can avoid the harm from the challenges we’ve had for a long time,” said Kedar Mate, a quality improvement veteran and the founder and chief medical officer of Qualified Health AI. But Mate cautioned that new uses should be approached carefully, since flaws might not show up in...
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