Connecting Data to Insight: A Pan-Canadian Study on AI in Healthcare.

Across Canada, healthcare leaders are exploring the potential of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to transform the healthcare system. This report shares a summary of the current state of healthcare analytics across major hospitals and public healthcare agencies in Canada. We present information on the current level of investment, data governance maturity, analytics talent and tools and models being leveraged across the nation. The findings point to an opportunity for enhanced collaboration in advanced analytics and the adoption of nascent artificial intelligence technologies in healthcare. The recommendations will help drive adoption in Canada, ultimately improving the patient experience and promoting better health outcomes for Canadians.

Connecting Data to Value: An Operating Model for Healthcare Advanced Analytics.

Artificial intelligence offers the promise to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered in the future. To capitalize on the value of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, organizations must focus on building organizational capabilities. This report shares an operating model for insight and change in healthcare comprising six key components: analytics technology and operations, data governance, change and automation, advanced analytics and insights, analytics literacy and strategy and relationship management. The adoption of the proposed model will build core capabilities that will enable organizations to connect data to decision making and realize value from its investment in advanced analytics.

IT Downtime ­ A Cultural Shift.

With the mounting evidence of benefits and incentives to digitize clinical information, healthcare organizations are increasingly reliant on information technology (IT) to deliver services. This reliance warrants organizational awareness and preparedness for IT downtimes such that in times of system outages, staff can continue to perform their work. At University Health Network (UHN), the responsibility of IT downtime preparedness does not lie solely with IT: the combination of organizational preparedness, incident management and a standardized recovery model has enabled UHN to handle major IT downtimes. This article will share UHN's journey to foster a culture of downtime preparedness.