Mark Watts has over 20 years as an imaging professional with vast expertise in imaging informatics and IT issues. He has served in many roles in both hospitals and industry as a health care vice president, imaging director, and IT consultant. His knowledge and experience in the convergence of IT and imaging has made him a sought after author, speaker and consultant. He has authored a textbook on informatics and was a pioneer in the adoption and development of PACS and VNA technologies.
Using AI in Healthcare Does Not Fix Healthcare
If a health system applies AI to accelerate patient access but provides the same care delivery model built upon perverse incentives, you’ll accelerate all the broken consequences after that. More patients seen, same suboptimal outcomes.
Frontier Operations: The Skills That Don’t Age as the AI Surface Area Expands
We are leading different teams and must recognize the needs of progressing at the rate of artificial intelligence.
Infusion Pump Security: How a Hospital SOC Keeps Medication Moving & Patients Safe
Infusion pumps sit in a special place in healthcare. They are everywhere, they touch medication delivery, and they run quietly in the background while clinicians focus on the patient.
Will AI Replace the Radiologist? 5 years later.
I wrote my first article for Imaging Community Exchange (ICE) Magazine, “Will AI Replace Radiologist” for the January 1, 2020, issue.
FDA Post-Deployment Requirements for SaMD: Cybersecurity & AI Compliance Guide
Artificial intelligence (AI) is in healthcare systems and there has been a recent change to the post-deployment requirement from the FDA. My goal is to raise awareness of the requirements and help define roles for responsibility.
