HIMSS24 Healthy datasets are the cornerstone of effective AI initiatives
Healthcare IT News March 26, 2024
“What data do you have? Where is it located? How do you get to it? And is the data fit for purpose? Data doesn’t need to be perfect to be useful. But you don’t ever want to use data that’s not perfect and not know it.”
The advent of artificial intelligence in healthcare, and its embrace by provider organizations, large and small, eager to explore its transformative potential, has come quickly. And it has come with a steep learning curve.
That’s led to an interesting conundrum recently, says Richard Cramer, chief strategist for healthcare and life sciences at Informatica: Most health systems are, organizationally and attitudinally, “ready for AI,” he said. “But their data isn’t.”
At HIMSS24 earlier this month,...