Healthcare IT News April 11, 2017
A new Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Analytics survey found population health and precision medicine among the initiatives where health IT professionals expect AI to have the greatest impact.
About 35 percent of healthcare organizations plan to leverage artificial intelligence within two years — and more than half intend to do so within five.
That’s according to the Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Analytics HIT Market Indicator: Artificial Intelligence.
“If you look at those with plans to leverage AI in some way, shape or form, we’re going to see significant growth,” said Brendan FitzGerald, director of research at HIMSS Analytics.
While only 4.7 percent of the 85 survey respondents are already using AI technologies, the future looks promising. Indeed,...