IT pros are gearing up for AI to transform health care

Health care applications of machine learning and AI have been in the news a bit more than usual recently, concurrent with the recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas. HIMSS is a 45,000 attendee conference dedicated to health care IT. Surprising no one, AI was a major theme at this year's event. There was a whole sub-conference focused on ML and AI, plus a ton of AI-focused sessions in the regular conference and a good number of announcements by industry leaders and startups alike. I've only done a couple of health care-focused shows on my podcast so far, but I'm planning to dive into this area more deeply this year.