CMS launches healthcare outcomes challenge. Expect more artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare in 2020. We will see AI used primarily in diagnostics and auditing. In each of these areas, AI promises to impose drastic changes on society. As these changes reverberate through organizations, old work patterns will be disrupted.

The unique nature of the Science article is its reference to race. Doing scientific work to test healthcare algorithms is difficult. Many are concealed behind a wall of intellectual property protection. They may be trade secrets, and unlike patents, unavailable to the public. Discussing the methodologies used to do this is beyond the scope of this article.