Cognitive health care in 2027

The next 10 years will likely see a revolution in the use of cognitive technologies for health care. Admittedly, the industry has not been a leader in the use of data and analytics in the past. Multiple disconnected systems, poor data quality, and difficult-to-change patient and provider behaviors have often been part of the challenges related to health care information. "Imprecision medicine" has generally been the rule. But there are clear signs of change in the $3 trillion US health care industry1 that we believe will come to fruition over the next decade. And from an information technology perspective, cognitive technologies are probably the only resource that can make that revolutionary vision for personalized health care possible.