Becker's Healthcare August 1, 2023
Health system digital leaders largely agree with the results of a recent Becker’s poll that found predictive analytics is the technology that holds the most promise for healthcare.
In the July poll on LinkedIn, 41 percent of 1,027 respondents said predictive analytics had the most potential of the four options, followed by generative artificial intelligence (29 percent), wearables (16 percent) and digital health apps (16 percent).
“I find it interesting that predictive analytics, which is AI essentially, and then generative models, which are also AI, combined for 70 percent — which is not surprising at all,” said Anthony Chang, MD, chief intelligence and innovation officer of Orange, Calif.-based Children’s Hospital of Orange County. “But I also hope people feel that...