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Speakers: Spencer Morrisey, MS, Director, PXI Center & Executive Office, National Health Council
AI is being worked into healthcare at every level. This webinar will take a deep dive into what it means for you. We will cover the basics: what AI is and how it is trained on health data. We will talk about how it can broaden your understanding, and why it can "hallucinate" incorrect information. From there, we will explore what patients are facing with AI. We will share what tools are out there, how to use them wisely, and what red flags to watch for. We will cover how AI is already part of your care: chatbots and virtual assistants, ambient listening tools, wearables, chronic disease management, insurance, and drug discovery. The presentation will be backed by real world use cases, and will include time for a live Q&A.
This webinar is part of NBDF’s Community Education programming. NBDF gratefully acknowledges Takeda for their support as a Community Education partner, which helped make this webinar possible.
About the Speaker:
Spencer Morrissey, MS
Director, PXI Center & Executive Office
Spencer Morrissey is the Director of the PXI (Patient Experience + Innovation) Center & Executive Office at the National Health Council (NHC), where he works at the intersection of patient advocacy, health policy, and emerging technology. In this role, Morrissey leads the organization’s efforts to advance patient partnership in health AI and digital health, architecting the PXI Center as a national model for embedding patient voice into the design, development, and deployment of emerging technologies.
Morrissey convenes cross-sector leaders -including patient organizations, technology companies, policymakers, and researchers – to ensure that patient perspectives are meaningfully integrated into the systems shaping the future of care. He leads NHC’s AI-focused programming, including the AI Affinity Group, AI Connect – an online platform for conversations that move past the 9-5, and equips patient organizations with the knowledge, tools, and partnerships needed to engage with AI in ways that are responsible, equitable, and impactful. His work focuses particularly on patient-facing and patient-impacting technologies, with an emphasis on trust, transparency, and real-world usability.
In his leadership of the Executive Office, Morrissey supports enterprise-wide strategy, Board engagement, and executive operations, helping to align organizational priorities with opportunities for innovation and impact across the health ecosystem.
Prior to his current role, Morrissey completed a Government Relations and Policy internship with the American Psychiatric Association. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Southern Maine and a Master of Science in Addiction Policy and Practice from Georgetown University. He was also a co-founder of Hoyas for Recovery, Georgetown’s Collegiate Recovery Program.
Morrissey’s interests are patient-centered innovation, improving access to addiction treatment and harm reduction, building recovery capital, and advancing policies that improve outcomes for underserved and underrepresented people.