Artificial intelligence, cognitive computing and machine learning are coming to healthcare: Is it time to invest? Canadian healthcare innovation

The year ahead offers some promising trends--and optimizing the full potential of digital health will be the key to real progress. One of the reasons that meaningful use has not been as successful as hoped is lack of an infrastructure to support patient engagement and data exchange capabilities. Building that infrastructure is key to making sustainable changes to care delivery and to achieving the full transition to value-based care. That is why technology will be the KEY driver of healthcare trends in 2016. In 2015, we saw great strides made by providers, payers, and pharmaceutical companies to change the way we deliver, access, and think about healthcare.