2026 McKenna Health Policy Lecture

From intelligence to impact: How AI is transforming health care, clinical practice and health system performance

Dr. Chang is a pediatric cardiologist and chief medical intelligence and innovation officer at Rady Children’s Health Orange County. He is the medical director of the CHOC Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence, Information, Investigation, and Innovation Institute and the founder of the Alliance of Centers for AI in Medicine and Pediatric Alliance of Centers for AI in Medicine (PCAIM), a group of nearly 100 hospitals from around the world focused on advancing artificial intelligence in the health care setting. Dr. Chang also founded AIMed, the American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (ABAIM).

Dr. Chang will explore the current and emerging applications of AI across clinical care, health care operations, education, and population health; evaluate the opportunities and challenges associated with implementing AI technologies; identify strategies to integrate AI into clinical and operational workflows to improve patient outcomes, efficiency, and decision-making; and discuss the broader implications of AI across the health care ecosystem, including impacts on resource utilization, procurement, supply chain management, and value-based care delivery.

This annual event is presented at no charge by the McKenna Foundation, NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management, and CAPS Research at Arizona State University.

 It is held immediately prior to the IDN Summit.