Separating AI Hype from Clinical Reality AI Workshop

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This ASGE AI Workshop, held on September 18, 2025 in Maryland, is a half-day program focused on separating realistic AI benefits from hype in GI endoscopy. It is aimed at physician leaders, administrators, health system executives, industry stakeholders, and investors.

The workshop’s goals are to help attendees:
- identify which AI tools have proven real-world value versus those still unvalidated,
- build a responsible AI strategy based on workflow, organizational, and implementation factors,
- and prioritize AI investments around the actual procedural, diagnostic, and operational needs of endoscopists.

The agenda begins with a welcome from course directors Neil Gupta and Bruce Hennessy, followed by four major sections:

1. <strong>Successes and Failures of AI in the Real World</strong>  
   Case studies examine direct-access colonoscopy, AI-supported clinical documentation, automated prior authorizations, and another topic to be announced, with a panel discussion on lessons learned.

2. <strong>Endoscopists in the AI Era: Implementation, Innovation, Opportunity, and Legal Risks</strong>  
   Sessions cover what to do—and avoid—in AI implementation, no-code/low-code “vibe coding” for GI solutions, and a practical overview of liability and legal issues, followed by panel discussion.

3. <strong>Industry Perspectives on Real-World AI Application</strong>  
   Industry representatives discuss current AI-enabled software and hardware use in GI endoscopy, what is working, and how impact is being measured.

4. <strong>What Do Endoscopists Really Need AI to Do?</strong>  
   Leaders from health systems, small groups, and large groups share perspectives on the most important unmet needs AI should address, ending with a panel discussion and closing remarks.

Overall, the workshop emphasizes clinician-centered, evidence-based evaluation of AI in endoscopy.

Keywords

ASGE AI Workshop

GI endoscopy

artificial intelligence

real-world evidence

workflow implementation

clinical documentation

prior authorization

legal risks

industry perspectives

endoscopist needs