In this conversation, Dr. Jason Fisher (Division Head of Emergency Medicine at SickKids | The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto) breaks down how artificial intelligence is already being implemented in the pediatric emergency department - and what it means for the future of care delivery.

We explore real-world applications of AI across emergency department operations, including predicting patient volumes and admissions at triage, improving patient flow, identifying high-risk patients in real time, and enhancing both provider and patient experience. Dr. Fisher outlines a practical framework for thinking about AI in layers - from operations and workflow to clinical decision-making and longitudinal care.

Looking ahead, we discuss the major challenges facing AI integration in pediatric emergency medicine, including regulation, safety, and the growing dependence on centralized AI platforms. Dr. Fisher also shares a compelling vision for the future physician, describing how roles may evolve into “pioneers, guardians, and stewards” in an AI-driven healthcare system.

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For many practicing pediatric emergency physicians, measles feels like a disease from another era. In fact, measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. But over the past several years, declining vaccination rates and increasing global circulation have pushed measles back into the clinical conversation. The reality is that many emergency clinicians today have never seen a true case of measles. Yet with outbreaks occurring across the country and internationally, the next febrile child with rash in your ED might not just have another viral exanthem. To help clinicians recognize and manage measles in the emergency department, I spoke with Dr. Danielle Daniels, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at SUNY Upstate, and Dr. Gregory Conners, pediatric emergency physician and Chair of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate. Their recent review article in Pediatric Emergency Care walks through the key issues clinicians need to know – from early recognition and isolation to testing, complications, and practical ED management. measles-recording In the conversation below, we discuss:

1. Why measles is resurging
2. The biggest knowledge gaps among clinicians today
3. Early clinical clues (including Koplik spots)
4. Isolation and ED workflow
5. Testing strategies and complications
6. And the three key takeaways every ED clinician should remember when evaluating a febrile rash illness.

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from theory to the bedside in pediatric emergency medicine. In this episode, Dr. Selin Sagalowsky - Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine - joins the show to discuss how AI is already being used to support medical education and how it may soon reshape day-to-day clinical care in the pediatric emergency department.

We explore how AI and educational informatics can help better understand trainee clinical exposure, personalize learning, and potentially link education to patient-centered outcomes. Dr. Sagalowsky also shares her vision of AI as a future “co-pilot” in the ED, offering real-time clinical decision support, while highlighting important risks around de-skilling, safety, validation, and the preservation of adaptive expertise and professional identity.

This conversation kicks off a broader interview series with pediatric emergency physicians and educators exploring what AI means for the future of PEM - both the opportunities and the challenges as these tools become more integrated into clinical practice and training.

Check out the video conversation and additional AI and Pediatric Emergency Medicine content at www.HipPEMcrates.com