Machine learning is only as good as the value it brings

To have real value in healthcare, machine learning must be actionable. Too often, IT decision makers don't take a step back and ask if ML makes for a good business model, said Vikas Chowdhry, chief analytics and information officer at Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation. Sometimes, big ideas are better left off the table. "Oftentimes, people forget this," said Chowdhry, speaking this past week during the HIMSS Machine Learning and AI for Healthcare conference in Boston. "We think every problem can be solved with machine learning.