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Pulmonary embolism kills more patients than HIV, breast cancer and motor vehicle accidents combined, according TriHealth’s Dr. Chris Hayner, a specialist in critical care and pulmonology, in the latest episode of the Getting Health Care Right podcast.

“It’s a fairly prominent problem, and for probably 40 years, we really only had two forms of treatment — either to give patients blood thinners or to occasionally use clot busters,” Hayner says. “But within the last 10 years, there’s been a real development of alternative methods and treatment options.”

Hayner talks with host Jamie Smith, market president and publisher of the Cincinnati Business Courier, and Dr. Douglas Adams, cardiothoracic surgeon with TriHealth, about major advancements in medical treatments and approaches for pulmonary emboli, lung cancer and other conditions.

Listen to the episode to hear more about:

· Results seen by patients who work with TriHealth’s pulmonary embolism response team.

· Using low-dose CT scans to detect early-stage lung cancer.

· What Hayner and Adams see as the benefits of folding AI technology into their health care practice.

· Managing health care AI to maximize patient benefit and minimize misuse.

· Lessons learned from the implementation of electronic medical records in health care practice.

· Integrating AI in TriHealth’s population health model.

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