Becker's Healthcare January 26, 2022
The pandemic hasn’t slowed Mount Sinai’s journey into the artificial intelligence space. Just ask David Reich, MD, president and COO of the New York City-based health system since 2013.
“We have about 10 initiatives in various phases,” he told Becker’s.
Dr. Reich, an anesthesiologist, previously served as chair of Mount Sinai’s department of anesthesiology from July 2004 through March 2014, and president of the medical board from 2011 to 2012.
Dr. Reich said prior to the pandemic, the health system was using AI tools to determine malnourishment among patients.
“We used [AI] during COVID as well during the worst of the spring 2020 crisis. We did some very rapid development of tools to predict who was going to need critical...