During an interview this month at HIMSS24, David Vawdrey — Geisinger’s chief data and informatics officer — said health systems should spend more time designing their plan for evaluating success when it comes to tech pilots.
During a webinar, three health system leaders discussed strategies they use to ensure successful AI deployment. They agreed that one of the best ways health systems can prime themselves for fruitful AI deployments is beginning with a specific problem to solve — as opposed to having AI startups tell them which problems need to be addressed.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Pilotitis, a term commonly used in digital health to describe the tendency to launch numerous small-scale pilot projects without committing to or scaling pilots to full scale implementations. But while painful for many, it can also be a valuable tool for organizations and validate new ideas, build organizational resilience, build a culture of quantifying success, learn how to activate data, and actually improve clinical, organizational and innovation-related outcomes.
About 70% of hospital IT pilots fail or face major challenges, yet it's rare for hospitals to discuss these setbacks. At HIMSS23, two nursing informatics leaders argued that project failure is nothing to be ashamed of because it can teach hospitals valuable lessons about what they need for technology initiatives to thrive in the future.
A digital health entrepreneur shares her advice on how to navigate the world of institutional review boards and avoid pilot purgatory.