Smarter Triage with AI: Using LLMs to Determine Virtual Care Appropriateness
Discover how large language models (LLMs), enhanced with physician-developed clinical guardrails, are creating new opportunities to triage patients safely and effectively for virtual care. This session will explore the capabilities of leading LLMs in clinical decision support, the ongoing challenges in determining virtual care suitability, and how curated AI applications can help clinicians make confident, informed choices about patient care pathways.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the potential of LLMs in clinical decision-making and identify current leaders in the space
- Describe challenges in assessing appropriateness for virtual care
- Recognize how embedding clinical guidelines into LLMs enables accurate, scalable patient triage
Presented by:
- William Cherniak, MD, Founder and CEO, Rocket Doctor
Presenter Bios:
William Cherniak, MD,
William Cherniak BSc MD MPH CCFP(EM)/DABFM is an Emergency physician with training in family
medicine and global public health. He is a co-founder and board chair of Bridge to Health Medical and
Dental Canada & USA, a registered Canadian charity and US 501(c)3, and the founder and CEO of
Rocket Doctor Inc, a digital health platform and marketplace that empowers MDs to deliver
comprehensive care to patients in rural remote communities across Canada and on Medicaid in the
United States. Bill has had research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet,
Academic Medicine, PLOS ONE and given numerous speeches in Europe and North America on digital
health as well as global public health and development.
Bill completed his medical school at the University of Calgary and residency at the University of
Toronto. He completed a cancer fellowship at the U.S. Federal Government’s Center for Global Health
in the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health as well as a Master in Public Health at
the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a concentration in health in crisis and
humanitarian assistance, while a Sommer Scholar with a full-scholarship. He is an Associate Faculty at
the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an Assistant Professor at the University of
Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine.
Date
- Sep 19 2025
- Expired!
Time
- 11:30 am - 11:45 am
