Information Technology Innovations for Quality and Safety in Clinical Care

Saturday, May 10, 2025

1:15 PM – 2:05 PM PT

Location: Ballroom 6A, Upper Level

Co-Moderator(s)

Elise Lawson, MD, MSHS (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI, US

All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Clifford Ko, MD

Director, Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery and Professor of Health Services, UCLA Schools of Medicine, and Public Health
American College of Surgeons , CA, US

All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify the potential developments in new information technology.
Recognize potential threats to safety and quality from new information technology.
How to engage in discussions with patients, colleagues, and leaders around the introduction of new information technology.

CME Credit: 0.75
Self-Assessment Credit: 0.75
Contact Hours: 0.75

Rapid development and introduction of new technology offer wide opportunities for expansion and improvement in the care provided to patients in colon and rectal surgery. However, the traditional infrastructure for evaluating new devices, medications, diagnostics, and procedures may not be well suited to manage the advent of new information technologies and their application to colon and rectal surgery practice. This symposium will discuss emerging IT innovations including remote video review and telesurgery, Artificial Intelligence, advanced healthcare informatics and analytics, remote monitoring for home care and prehabilitation, their potential contributions to QI work, and key potential pitfalls.

Presentations:

1:15 PM – 1:18 PM PT

Introduction
Faculty: Elise H. Lawson, MD, MSHS (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Faculty: Clifford Y. Ko, MD – American College of Surgeons
1:18 PM – 1:30 PM PT

Promises and Pitfalls in Artificial intelligence for Clinical Care
Faculty: Michael F. McGee, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan Michigan Medicine
1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT

Remote Monitoring for Home-based Care – Big Opportunity or Big Brother?
Faculty: Julia R. Berian, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT

Telesurgery in Colon and Rectal Surgery – A Bridge too Far?
Faculty: Larissa Temple, MD
1:54 PM – 2:05 PM PT

Polling and Questions
Faculty: Elise H. Lawson, MD, MSHS (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Faculty: Clifford Y. Ko, MD – American College of Surgeons