There are all sorts of stories today about massive health systems with big names, big development teams and deep pockets innovating with artificial intelligence in healthcare. These are the players driving progress with this explosive technology.

But what about smaller hospitals and health systems that don't have the deep benches or deep pockets? How can they dive into the AI pool and achieve positive administrative and clinical results?

On this week's HIMSSCast, the subject is how smaller health systems can join the healthcare AI revolution, and where they should start. Our guest is well-versed in healthcare AI: Brent T. Hoard, a partner at Troutman Pepper, a national law firm with more than 1,100 attorneys located in 23 U.S. cities. It has depth across several industry sectors including healthcare.

Hoard offers plenty of advice to smaller healthcare players on the importance of AI and where to start work.

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Talking points:

• When smaller health systems read about the hot healthcare AI market and hear about what their peers are doing and want to get in, what should be their first steps?

• What are good places for smaller health systems to work on first? It seems the prevailing wisdom is administrative before clinical.

• What are some of the challenges smaller health systems face with AI?

• How do these health systems overcome these challenges?

• Who at these health systems needs to be involved when implementing AI? For example, obviously the IT department, but the C-suite, legal?

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