A.I. could be the great equalizer in health care

At the latest Fortune Brainstorm Health virtual discussion on Wednesday, experts from various parts of the medical field said that once these impediments are overcome, A.I. could be the key to improving patient outcomes, lowering overall costs, and reducing burnout and stress on overworked caregivers. One of the first steps, they agreed, is breaking down the barriers that prevent the collection and sharing of accurate, unbiased data. "It's perhaps the most important question of the day: how do we get systems to talk with each other?" said Dr. David Gruen, the chief medical officer of imaging at Merative. "[A.I.] has a broad concept of interoperability. How do we trust the data? How do we get unbiased data? How do we pull together the data that we have in our arms or in the apps on our phones into our health system's record so that we really get a comprehensive picture? We believe that that's going to be a huge hurdle [overcome] when we convince people that this is cost-saving, data-enhancing, and outcome-improving."