New video series highlights role of AI and informatics in healthcare sustainability

A new six-part video series exploring the role of AI and informatics in healthcare spaces is now online.

The series was developed by the American Medical Informatics Association’s Climate, Health and Informatics Working Group. The group is chaired by Titus Schleyer, DMD, MBA, PhD, who is a research scientist at Regenstrief Institute and the leader of Data and Informatics for the Indiana CTSI.

The series will explore the moral, business and practical reasons that drive healthcare’s commitment to sustainability and how AI can accelerate that journey. Each video in the series is hosted by Schleyer, alongside Laura Eaken from Indiana University Bloomington O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Asma Khan from the University of North Carolina Charlotte.

“Our goal is to show why informatics is an essential yet underused tool for advancing sustainability—and why building a sustainable healthcare system is everyone’s responsibility,” Schleyer said.

The first video in the series begins by examining how healthcare contributes to pollution and environmental degradation, ultimately affecting the very health it seeks to protect. The group then highlights examples of informatics innovations, including artificial intelligence, that are helping reduce healthcare’s environmental footprint.

The Climate, Health and Informatics Working Group meets monthly and serves over 130 members in the field of biomedical informatics spanning from students to retirees. The group is actively seeking to engage new members with skills in research, grant writing, policy development, marketing, public relations, fundraising, as well as paper, report, presentation, and web/software development to join them as they seek to meaningfully improve human and planetary health.