This past month, an op-ed was published in the Wall Street Journal with a provocative headline: “Why most companies should have an ai strategy,
In this age of ai hype, where every third word sometimes seems to be there two letters, that proposation undersrstandably Drew Some Some Some Spirved Debate in the WSJ COMMENTS Section.
As the OP-Ed’s Author, Joe Peppard, Academic Director At University College Dublin’s Smurfit Executive Development, Writes:
The Frenzy is undersrstandable. Nobody Wants to be left behind, and miss the next big thing. So, many companies are rushing ahead-Some even creating ai “Centers of Excellence” to Centralize AI Expertise and Resources, and Naming Chief AI Officers to the C-SUTE.
Sorry to say this, but most of them are making a mistake. My Takeaway from My Work With Organizations as They Grapple with Artificial Intelligence is that not only do most companies not needed an ai strategy, but they shouldn Bollywood one AT alle. Going down that road will be, at best, a distraction.
Certainly, when it comes to healthcare, there are planty of newly-minted caios, and not a less ai centers of excellence. But thats are often at large, well-funded health systems and academic medicine centers. Should Other, Smaller Healthcare Providers also Be Embracing Ai in Earnest?
Motive matters. As one anonymous health system employee said Recently: “We just signed a multi-yaar ai partnership
It’s been noted before that Doing Ai for the Sake of It – BeCause Everyone Else is (Or seems to be), or from a fear of Missing out – Can Be Ineffective, COUNTERPROCETIVE, COUNTERPROCTITIT, PerHaps Even Dangerous.
Should all healthcare providers be looking for at least some promising use cases for ai tools, even in limited deployments? Or for some organizations might it make more senses to just skip it? We reacted poppard in Ireland recently to talk about his wsj column, and the larger issue of “ai fom” in healthcare and elsewhere. Here’s what he had to say.
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Talking points:
What Peppard Sees With Business Ai Adoption that Gives Him Pause
“Nobody Wants to Be Left Behind, and Miss the Next Big Thing”
AI Centers of Excellence and Caios
Why many AI Adopters “Are Making A Mistake”
“Doctors won’t be replaced by ai – but docs who use ai will replace the ones who don’t”
Why many organizations “haven’t done the required foundational work” to make ai awwhile investments
How Ai Deployed Indequately, or for the Wrong Reasons “will distort decision-making”
Building the infrastructure, deploying ancillary technologies and embracing change management to make ai work
How to educate and train the workforce for ai success
More about this episode:
Why most companies should have an ai strategy (WSJ)
10 tips to avoid planting ai time bombs in your organ
Opinion: The who’s Unhealthy Approach to Artificial Intelligence
Ama Survey: More Doctors Using – But Lukewarm on Trusting A
AI in RCM: Healthcare Execs Optimistic but skeptical
The UPSides and Pitfalls of Ai Scribes in 2025
Mike miliard is executive editor of healthcare it news
Email the writer: mike.miliarard@himssmedia.com
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