{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"HealthTech Remedy","title":"AI for Oncology Guidelines: How ASCO & Google Are Restoring Trust","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2538,"description":"In a world of increasingly complex cancer care, how can oncologists ensure they have the most accurate, up-to-date information at the exact moment of need? For years, life-saving clinical guidelines have been buried in dense, hard-to-search PDF documents, creating a significant barrier to evidence-based decision-making. This episode dives into a groundbreaking solution that uses AI for oncology guidelines to solve this existential problem. We're joined by Dr. Clifford Hudis, CEO of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and Aashima Gupta, Global Director of Healthcare at Google Cloud, to discuss their revolutionary partnership.They reveal the inside story behind the ASCO Guidelines Assistant, a new tool designed to provide instant, reliable answers to complex clinical questions. Discover how this powerful tool is not just a search engine, but a sophisticated system built on the principles of trustworthy AI in medicine. This is a deep dive into how technology can transform patient care by empowering clinicians and making critical knowledge more accessible than ever before.In this detailed discussion, Dr. Hudis and Aashima Gupta explain the core challenges that led to the ASCO and Google Cloud collaboration. For busy clinicians, the process of finding the right information within hundreds of pages of guidelines was becoming an unwieldy and time-consuming task. The episode explores how the ASCO Guidelines Assistant, powered by Google's Gemini model, addresses this by improving clinician workflow with AI. We unpack the unique technical framework behind the tool, including the use of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to ensure every answer is based only on ASCO's vetted guidelines and includes direct citations to the source material. This commitment to accuracy and transparency is crucial for building trust and ensuring safe application in a clinical setting.The conversation also highlights the rigorous \"expert in the loop\" process, where a panel of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Al9s4QJpRCg2VJ2YaV_fo3tDCayXbUO7NTDbnFeSAUQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNTVk/OTAwMzQxYWFiZmYy/ZWFlNzFmN2RmOTcx/MDMwNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}