Only 18% of healthcare orgs prepared for AI: HIMSS study
ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES — Healthcare organizations attempt to implement AI-driven solutions yet their outdated infrastructure prevents them from doing so.
The deployment readiness of AI among healthcare organizations stands at an insufficient 18% thus demonstrating the core necessity of IT infrastructure modernization.
Infrastructure challenges in healthcare AI adoption
The HIMSS market insights study shows that healthcare faces a key technological shortfall when it comes to AI adoption. While 88% of healthcare organizations have the required infrastructure for electronic health records (EHR), 78% maintain patient portals, yet only 18% state their systems are set for clinical care AI implementation.
The data points toward a main weakness between industry digital plans and operational readiness levels in the healthcare field.
The research indicates that high EHR and patient portal adoption rates have failed to result in AI implementation readiness. Two in three healthcare facilities have faced complex and expensive legacy system incompatibilities, which block them from deploying modern clinical decision-support tools needed to enhance patient care outcomes.
“They are going to need the right infrastructure in place to fully support these technologies,” said Jill Brewer, HIMSS market insights lead in charge of the study, emphasizing the need for better and more efficient structures for adopting these AI technologies.
Strategic partnerships and facilities modernization
Healthcare organizations depend heavily on technology vendors to transform infrastructure and deploy artificial intelligence solutions because analysts observe that outdated systems, along with insufficient personnel, obstruct digital transformation initiatives.
Through these partnerships, healthcare organizations gain essential automated skills and cybersecurity competence to implement scalable systems that enable better access to emerging technologies that support superior patient care delivery.
Organizations face two primary challenges with integrating legacy systems and expensive upgrades, but security and compliance issues affect 70% of these entities, thus compelling them to develop partnerships that minimize risks and enhance technology adoption.
The research data from HIMSS reveals that 60% of health officials acknowledge a shortage of professionals, which demonstrates an important human resources challenge beyond what technology can solve alone.
Technical infrastructure constraints have evolved into strategic blockers for organizations, because of which immediate proactive interventions are needed.
