Seminar Series – May 2024 – Dr. Khara Sauro

Dr. Khara Sauro – Implementing AI: Barriers and facilitators to adopting AI-based tools in healthcare

Biography:

Dr. Khara Sauro is an Assistant Professor and Ohlson Professor of Head & Neck Health, in the Department of Surgery, with cross appointments in the Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology. Dr. Sauro’s research focuses on improving the quality and safety of care for patients with cancer, especially those who undergo major surgical treatment, to optimize the health of these patients. Dr. Sauro has a particular interest in leveraging routinely collected administrative data to evaluate the quality of healthcare and the effectiveness of implementing interventions to improve healthcare delivery. She uses diverse methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) to ask and appropriately answer clinically relevant research questions.

Learning objectives – Participants will be able to:

1. Understand the barriers and facilitators to implementing AI-based tools in healthcare,
2. Understand the differences and similarities between implementing AI-based tools and other interventions,
3. Be able to design implementation strategies for AI-based tools based on identified barriers and facilitators.

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