Now that investments in AI tools and capabilities are increasing, health care leaders are tasked with establishing the right enterprisewide AI strategy for their organizations. As we concluded in "Smart use of artificial intelligence in health care," AI-enabled solutions can provide many benefits for organizations, such as immediate returns through cost reduction and better consumer engagement, but there's still a lot of work to be done. That means putting strategies into action on a functional level by communicating a clear AI vision, helping the workforce operationalize AI, and finding the right ecosystem partners to supplement technical needs. Deloitte's most recent State of AI in the Enterprise survey, conducted with 2,875 global technology executives across all industries, found that while AI is rapidly changing, it's not fully evolved. To understand where hospitals, health systems, and health plans stand on the adoption and maturity of AI, and what levers leaders can take to improve clinical decision-making, make processes more efficient, and lower costs, the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions analyzed a subset of the survey, specifically the responses of 220 global health care executives.

The World Health Organization issued its first global report on artificial intelligence in late June, highlighting concerns of algorithmic bias in health care applications of AI. It accompanies a growing number of news stories exposing AI's shortfalls. AI has come of age through the alchemy of cheap parallel (cloud) computing combined with the availability of big data and better algorithms. Problems that seemed unconquerable a few years ago are being solved, at times with startling gains -- think instant language translation capabilities, self-driving cars, and human-like robots. AI's arrival to health care, however, has been markedly slower.

Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. The health care industry is starting to adopt digital twins to improve personalized medicine, health care organization performance, and new medicines and devices. Although simulations have been around for some time, today's medical digital twins represent an important new take. These digital twins can create useful models based on information from wearable devices, omics, and patient records to connect the dots across processes that span patients, doctors, and health care organizations, as well as drug and device manufacturers.

Terence Mills, CEO of AI.io, a data science & engineering company that is delivering AI solutions in healthcare, travel, and entertainment. There is no denying that AI is revolutionizing health care. In the past two years, the investment in AI from health care organizations has been growing exponentially. According to research conducted by Deloitte, "75% of large organizations (annual revenue of over $10 billion) invested over $50 million in AI" in 2019. From more precision, more efficiency and taking pressure off overworked doctors and health care professionals, the benefits of AI in health care are numerous.

Seventy-three percent of all health care organizations surveyed expect to increase their AI funding in 2020. Making processes more efficient (34%) is the top outcome health care organizations are trying to achieve with AI. Health care organizations reported their top AI risk concern is the cost of the technologies (36%). Why this matters While the pandemic has put a spotlight on the need for digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), health care organizations were already experiencing some of their benefits prior to the crisis. "Deloitte's 2020 State of AI in the Enterprise Study, 3rd Edition" by the Deloitte AI Institute and Center for Technology, Media and Telecommunications uncovered how organizations are adopting, benefiting from, and managing AI technologies by industry, including health care.

While the pandemic has put a spotlight on the need for digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), health care organizations were already experiencing some of their benefits prior to the crisis. "Deloitte's 2020 State of AI in the Enterprise Study, 3rd Edition" by the Deloitte AI Institute and Center for Technology, Media and Telecommunications uncovered how organizations are adopting, benefiting from, and managing AI technologies by industry, including health care. While the "State of AI in the Enterprise" survey was conducted before COVID-19 significantly impacted the U.S., its findings are ever more relevant as health care companies look to reduce costs, increase product development and better engage with consumers in the "Age of With," a world where humans work alongside machines to enable greater outcomes. The "Smart use of artificial intelligence in health care" report, launched today, summarizes key findings from that survey, and offers recommendations for how health care enterprises can gain immediate returns on investment and experience a competitive advantage over the longer term. Surveyed leaders agreed that health care organizations are investing, but the investments vary widely.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already delivering on making aspects of health care more efficient. Over time it will likely be essential to supporting clinical and other applications that result in more insightful and effective care and operations. AI has multiple use cases throughout health plan, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), and health system enterprises today, and with more interoperable and secure data, it is likely to be a critical engine behind analytics, insights, and the decision-making process. Enterprises that lean into adoption are likely to gain immediate returns through cost reduction and gain competitive advantage over the longer term as they use AI to transform their products and services to better engage with consumers. Get the Deloitte Insights app.

Gravyty, the market-defining provider of fundraiser enablement solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), and Accordant announced a strategic partnership to transform health care philanthropy by spreading the use of AI throughout the sector. Through this partnership, Accordant, the top thought leader in advancing philanthropy and community partnerships to elevate health care, will combine its powerful strategy and training services with Gravyty's AI fundraiser enablement solutions to bring about the next evolution in health care fund development. Accordant CEO, Betsy Taylor, shared, "Accordant believes in the power of purpose-driven partnerships to advance health care. Leveraging the powerful insights of Gravyty will enable philanthropic gift officers to be more focused and more proactive in their efforts to engage partners who aspire to affect meaningful change and to transform health. A partnership between Accordant and Gravyty is a natural fit; we deeply respect Gravyty's thought leadership as pioneers who are defining artificial intelligence in advancement. We also feel connecting Gravyty's business intelligence to Accordant's philanthropy strategy and training is a powerful combination. We are excited about the positive impact this partnership will have to support health care organizations in achieving their noble missions."

You could be forgiven for thinking that AI will soon replace human physicians based on headlines such as "The AI Doctor Will See You Now," "Your Future Doctor May Not Be Human," and "This AI Just Beat Human Doctors on a Clinical Exam." But experts say the reality is more of a collaboration than an ousting: Patients could soon find their lives partly in the hands of AI services working alongside human clinicians. There is no shortage of optimism about AI in the medical community. But many also caution the hype surrounding AI has yet to be realized in real clinical settings. There are also different visions for how AI services could make the biggest impact. And it's still unclear whether AI will improve the lives of patients or just the bottom line for Silicon Valley companies, health care organizations, and insurers.

You could be forgiven for thinking that AI will soon replace human physicians based on headlines such as "The AI Doctor Will See You Now," "Your Future Doctor May Not Be Human," and "This AI Just Beat Human Doctors on a Clinical Exam." But experts say the reality is more of a collaboration than an ousting: Patients could soon find their lives partly in the hands of AI services working alongside human clinicians. There is no shortage of optimism about AI in the medical community. But many also caution the hype surrounding AI has yet to be realized in real clinical settings. There are also different visions for how AI services could make the biggest impact.