Artificial Intelligence in Telemedicine

• Waqas Ahmed, MD, FACP Founder & CEO American TelePhysicians
• Sarah Bell, RN, MSN, MHA Chief Clinical Officer, OutcomesAI
• Sarah Harper, MA, MBA Manager – AI, Analytics, and Automation, Mayo Clinic Health System, and Instructor of Healthcare Administration, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic
• Moderator: Jefferson G. Fernandes, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA Director of Education, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), LATAM Regional Editor, THMT, and Director of SPECIS Health Consulting , Brazil

Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) editors and members of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealt (ISfTeH) for this face-paced conversation. Hear frontline experts discuss real world experiences and opinions about AI, improving patient care, and operational efficiency within the healthcare sector.

Topics that will be discussed the conversation will include are:

• How to move beyond pilot purgatory to focus on what really matters - outcomes.
• Drawing on real-world examples from community-based healthcare
• Practical strategies for defining success, embedding remeasurement cycles, and using AI and automation to advance equity and efficiency
• How AI is reducing documentation burden and surfacing timely clinical insight to support virtual and remote care nurses
• Why co-developing with nurses is critical, and how to build safe, trusted AI tools that fit the realities of telehealth and remote clinical environments.
• How AI agents can manage remote follow-ups, symptom monitoring, and patient education
• Virtual Brain Health