Date/Time
Date(s) - 30 Aug 2026
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort
2026 McKenna Health Policy Lecture
Sunday, August 30th, 4:00-5:00
J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge
From Intelligence to Impact: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare, Clinical Practice, and Health System Performance
Anthony Chang, M.D., MBA, MPH
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 in advancing AI in the healthcare setting. Dr. Chang also founded AIMed, American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (ABAIM).
Dr. Chang will explore the current and emerging applications of AI across clinical care, healthcare 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, discuss the broader implications of AI across the healthcare 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.
Register for the 2026 Lecture by checking “McKenna Keynote Registration”