One of the fastest-growing sectors in artificial intelligence (AI) is health care. Yet, like many innovations, the most vulnerable are often left behind. In April, the Foundation joined leaders in health care and technology at the San Francisco Business Times’ Intersect 2025: AI-Health Care Symposium to discuss advancements in this space.

Joining a panel on the integration of AI into the clinical setting, Dr. Hemal Kanzaria, ZSFG’s Chief of Performance Excellence, shared the importance of strategic investments that benefit patients and clinicians and ensure out-of-the-box solutions do not perpetuate inequities. The conversation also touched upon how to ensure safety-net hospitals are not left behind.

The Foundation followed by hosting a panel showcasing the power of AI for good in a public health setting. Through the work of cardiologist Dr. Lucas Zier, AI is proving to be a tool for equity. Foundation CEO Kim Meredith joined Dr. Zier to discuss his work addressing poor health outcomes for patients with heart failure and how his team created a new workflow that reversed disparities and took ZSFG from the worst-performing in the state on this metric to the best. Read more about Intersect 2025 and ZSFG’s work to use AI to save lives.

Earlier this year, the PROSPECT Lab was honored with the Quality Leaders Award in Equity at the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems Safety Net Institute. The team was also recently awarded the Joint Commission’s Bernard Tyson Award for Excellence in Pursuit of Healthcare Equity.

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