UChicago Medicine grows into role of AI innovator

At University of Chicago Medicine, leaders assessed the health system's progress toward AI adoption expecting the worst - before discovering the organization may well be one of the field's best users. TAKING STOCK UChicago Medicine invited its leadership team to spend a day last spring eva...

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Published in:Healthcare Financial Management 2024-08, Vol.78 (6), p.16-21
Main Author: Williams, Jeni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Contract negotiations
Data science
Electronic health records
Innovations
Leadership
Medicine
Success
Teams
Technology adoption
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Summary:At University of Chicago Medicine, leaders assessed the health system's progress toward AI adoption expecting the worst - before discovering the organization may well be one of the field's best users. TAKING STOCK UChicago Medicine invited its leadership team to spend a day last spring evaluating its efforts to build a foundation for AI innovation. Ultimately, UChicago Medicine discovered it fares well in AI maturity by: * Using AI to strengthen business outcomes * Supporting a culture of AI innovation * Implementing a governance framework to manage and guide its efforts * Keeping focus on both measuring and optimizing performance and applying AI successes across the organization These are capabilities that take AI innovation beyond an aspirational vision toward transformational success, as AI maturity models developed by Gartner, Deloitte, Accenture and others indicate. EARLY DAYS FOR MOST "If organizations are simply pursuing an AI strategy, that is a noble goal," said Erik Swanson, senior vice president, data science and analytics, Kaufman Hall.
ISSN:0735-0732