Here's a brief highlight of AI in action. This week, the Senate held a 90 minute hearing on antibiotic resistance and a bill called the Pasteur Act that aims to improve the situation. Senate here.
I made an mp3 recording of the Senate audio and uploaded it to Otter.ai, a subscription service that makes "auto transcripts," which aren't perfect, but are pretty good.
New to me, Otter.ai now adds an auto summary of the transcript, in bullet point format.
Is it perfect? No. Does it give you a good idea where every major topic is found, in the transcript? Yes.
Here is the auto bullet point outline of the 90 minute Senate hearing, with time stamps.
- Introduction to today's hearing. 0:22
- Antibiotics
revolutionized modern medicine.
- More than 100
million americans lack access to primary care.
- Invest in
community health centers and public health infrastructure.
- Climate crisis
feeds the antimicrobial resistance crisis.
- Senator Marshall opening
statement. 4:58
- Hearing on
anti-microbial resistance.
- Methicillin-resistant
staph aureus, methicillin and cephalosporin.
- 3 million
americans will die from antibiotic-resistant bugs this year.
- Human overuse
is the cause.
- The challenge
of 100 people dying every day from antimicrobial-resistant bacteria.
- The patient
center hearing.
- Dr. Apple’s introduction. 10:35
- Introduction
of dr mike appleby of kent state university.
- Dr appleby's
research interests.
- Acquired
antibiotic resistance, or multiple drug resistance, mdr.
- Antibiotic
resistant threats.
- Antimicrobial resistance and
healthcare. 15:48
- 3 million
infections and 48,000 deaths from antibiotic resistance.
- Presidential
advisory council on combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- Amr is
pathogens ability to evolve to resist antibiotics.
- Climate
change, pollution, wildfires, wildfires and the environment.
- Introduction of the testimony. 21:31
- IDsa
appreciates the help of the committee's leadership.
- Congress must
help ensure availability of the ID workforce.
- Introduction
of melanie lawrence and her experience with cystic fibrosis.
- Introduction
to melanie.
- Christine Miller’s story. 25:23
- Chronic
tinnitus and severe kidney damage.
- Lungs are
resistant to nearly every antibiotic.
- The fragility
of time and the importance of connection.
- The next
witness, miss christine Miller.
- Introduction to today's topic. 30:47
- About melinda
therapeutics and its mission.
- Antimicrobial
medicines are the cornerstone of modern medicine.
- Momentum is on
the path to recovery.
- A call to
action to fix the commercial marketplace.
- The importance of developing new
antibiotics for cystic fibrosis. 35:33
- AMR remains a
silent killer in hospitals every day.
- The importance
of developing new antibiotics.
- Increased
numbers of patients with mrsa infections.
- Antibiotic
stewardship and antimicrobial prescribing.
- How do companies like Magento
help patients get access to new antibiotics? 40:46
- Hospitals are
disincentivize from putting new products on their formulary.
- Valley of
death for new antibiotics.
- Focus on unmet
medical need and preparedness.
- Perverse
incentives to keep new therapies on shelf.
- What are the obstacles to
antibiotic innovation and innovation? 46:02
- Antibiotic
resistance is a serious threat to global health.
- Obstacles to
antibiotic innovation.
- Innovation to
mitigate the threat of drug-resistant infections.
- Promoting
responsible use of antibiotics in animals.
- What do you need to be successful
to see grandchildren? 51:32
- Cystic
fibrosis patients are a living breathing miracle.
- Timing of new
antibiotics is important.
- The message of
hope for cystic fibrosis patients.
- Antibiotics
are curative, life-saving drugs.
- Agricultural protein production
and antibiotics. 56:53
- Decrease use
of antibiotics in agriculture protein production.
- How the 2017
law has impacted the industry.
- High failure
rate in antibiotic development.
- Reimbursement
model for drug-resistant patients.
- The importance of anti-microbial
drugs. 1:02:00
- Importance of
the importance of the microbiome.
- Development of
new anti-microbials has not progressed.
- Barda and
barda support the pester act.
- Antimicrobial
drug industry brain drain.
- Are we up against a foe that
easily outmaneuvers us? 1:07:20
- How long it
takes to marshal resources to combat covid-19.
- The most
recent example of covid
- Urgent need
for an antibiotic in Canada.
- Need to reform
the commercial marketplace.
- Introduction of the hearing. 1:12:57
- Today is
senator smith's birthday.
- Antibiotic
shortage affecting patients and the supply chain.
- Antibiotic
shortages during the pandemic.
- The concept of
one health framework, one health.
- How can we better support
patients in response to anti-microbial resistance? 1:19:21
- Cystic
fibrosis has had enormous progress.
- How to better
support patients in response to anti-microbial resistance.
- Patient-centered
model of care.
- Climate change
facilitates the risk of anti-microbial resistance.
- The one-health approach to
antimicrobial resistance. 1:24:19
- The one health
approach to antimicrobial resistance.
- How companies
are partnering with the federal government.
- Need to
address the commercial marketplace.
- Awareness is a
key criteria for antibiotics.
- What should we remember from
today’s hearing? 1:30:08
- Appointing a
champion for AMR.
- One minute to
summarize the subcommittee's agenda.
- Antibiotic
resistance is a threat to society and healthcare.
- Federal
government needs to step in.
- New
antibiotics and advancing understanding of existing antibiotics.
- Risk of
antimicrobial stewardship.
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Other Options
I also have a subscription to ChatGPT. You could take the OTTER transcript (here, 15,000 words0 and upload it manually to ChatGPT in about 7 parts of about 2000 words each (I used this splitter.) Then you can ask ChatGPT to summarize the meeting in memo format, or other formats, and/or ask it questions about the content. I used exactly this method quite a bit, with direct ChatGPT output, to analyze Medicare's several documents on "TCET" a week ago - here.
