HealthIT Answers January 6, 2022
By Matt Stewart, CEO, RiseNow
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve into a must-have technology in almost every industry, healthcare organizations have continued to expand and accelerate their AI strategies. A recent Optum survey found that more than half of healthcare executives expect AI will begin delivering tangible cost savings within three years at about a 90% increase – which is certainly a lofty goal.
But what’s missing from this projection is a more substantive discussion about what is actually required to ensure that AI can deliver on its cost-saving promise – most notably, where AI is being applied within healthcare to ensure money is saved and investments are returned. When you stop and think about how AI is...