Informatics, Data Science, & AI
The Informatics, Data Science, and AI (IDSAI) Interest Group focuses on advancing emergency medicine through informatics, data science, and AI. It brings together members interested in leveraging these technologies to enhance emergency care.
The group meets the third Thursday of every month at noon. Log into the SAEM Community and navigate to the community page to learn more.
IDSAI Goals include:
Academy Application
- Continuing to grow membership
- Ensuring active participation in SAEM Online Community
- Monthly meetings
Education
- Education for SAEM Membership - collaboration with Admin and Operations Committee
- Webinar(s)
- White paper
- Workshops at SAEM
- Working with Grants Committee to assess AI usage
Medical Education in Informatics
- Informatics tools for resident education / evaluation
- Curriculum development for informatics (undergraduate medical education / graduate)
Pulse Articles
- Every issue
- Research and education presentations -- monthly (at the beginning of every IG meeting)
Student Outreach Opportunities
- Hackathon
- Webinars with EMRA/RAMS/AAEM
- Mentoring
- Ability to join pulse articles for in depth topic engagement
Outreach to ADIEM/AWAEM
- Joint presentation/panel on ethical AI for DEI
The Hackathon: Team-Based Innovation in EM
Assemble your team for our "Shark Tank"-style competition at SAEM26! This event will pit teams against each other to develop strategic solutions to real-world emergency department challenges using insights derived from provided datasets. Solutions are pitched to judges and evaluated on innovation, strategy, feasibility, and presentation. Register for The Hackathon here!
Want to learn more? Attend our Hackathon Webinar Learning Series for a primer on approaching problems with an informatics lens! These events are open to anyone interested in building their informatics knowledge, but will be especially valuable for SAEM26 Hackathon participants.
Recorded Sessions of the Hackathon Webinar Learning Series:
Support Our Members at SAEM26
The Informatics, Data Science, and AI (IDSAI) interest group members are hosting several events at this year's annual meeting in Atlanta. Check out these events and add them to your calendar!
Tuesday, May 19
- Informatics, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence Interest Group Meeting (12:00 PM - 12:50 PM)
- Informatics/Data Science/AI l (1:00 PM - 1:50 PM)
- Education, Informatics/Social Media/AI (1:00 PM - 1:50 PM)
- Informatics/Data Science/AI ll (2:00 PM - 2:50 PM)
- Informatics/Data Science/AI lll (3:00 PM - 3:50 PM)
- Informatics/Data Science/AI l (4:00 PM - 5:20PM)
Wednesday, May 20
- Informatics/Data Science/AI IV (8:00 AM - 8:50 AM)
- Informatics/Data Science/AI V (11:00 AM - 11:50 AM)
- Informatics/Data Science/AI VI (12:00 PM - 12:50 PM)
- Informatics/Data Science/AI Vll (3:00 PM - 3:50 PM)
- Epic Cosmos: Exploring the Possibilities of the Electronic Health Record Data Universe (Co-sponsored by the Research Committee and the Informatics, Data Science, and AI Interest Group) (3:00 PM - 3:50 PM)
- Informatics/Data Science/AI Vlll (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM)
Thursday, May 21
- Informatics/Data Science/AI IX (11:00 AM - 11:50 AM)
- Reducing Disparities in the Emergency Department With the Emergency Department Variability in Treatment Assessment List (ED-VITAL) Tool (Co-sponsored by ADIEM and the Informatics, Data Science, and AI Interest Group) (12:00 PM - 12:50 PM)
Resources
- Turer RW, McDonald SA, Lehmann CU, et al. Real-Time Electronic Patient Portal Use Among Emergency Department Patients. JAMA Netw Open.
- Joseph JW, Elhadad N, Mattison ML, et al. Boarding Duration in the Emergency Department and Inpatient Delirium and Severe Agitation. JAMA Netw Open.
- Taylor RA, Sangal RB, Smith ME, Haimovich AD, et al. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Diagnostic Errors in Emergency Medicine: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions. Acad Emerg Med.
- Liu S, McCoy AB, Wright A. Improving Large Language Model Applications in Biomedicine with Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Clinical Development Guidelines. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 Jan 15.
- Gottlieb M, Bernard K. Epidemiology of Abscess and Cellulitis Among United States Emergency Departments from 2016 to 2023. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Jul 12.
- Beck TP, Tupetz A, Seabra Farias A, et al. Mapping of Clinical Management Resources for Snakebites and Other Animal Envenomings in the Brazilian Amazon. Toxicon X. 2022 Sep 16.
- Taylor RA. AI Agents, Automaticity, and Value Alignment in Health Care. NEJM. 2025 Jul 18.
- Smith ME, Zalesky CC, Lee S, et al. Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine: A Primer for the Nonexpert. JACEP Open. 2025 Apr.
- Morey J, Jones D, Walker L, et al. Ambient Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Scribes in the Emergency Department. JACEP Open. 2025 Nov 17.
- Croxford E, Gao Y, First E, et al. Evaluating Clinical AI Summaries with Large Language Models as Judges. NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Nov 5.
- Lebin JA, Mitchell K, Trinkley KE, et al. Clinical Decision Support to Increase Naloxone Co-prescribing from the Inpatient Setting. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Jan.
Join Our Interest Group Today!
SAEM members wanting to explore informatics, data science, and AI are encouraged to join our interest group! Log into SAEM.org, click "My Participation" in the upper navigation bar, and click the "Update Academies or Interest Groups" button to join now.