Bill Siwicki

One professional's shift to virtual care showed improved results for children learning to eat in their own homes with their parents, rather than in provider settings – and she's since made the shift to 100% virtual.

"The intersection of public health and artificial intelligence represents a transformation in healthcare," says one epidemiologist, who sees the chance to greatly improve disease prevention and management, and promote health and wellness.

Regulators are starting to see an opportunity to incentivize the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, says one expert, who predicts accelerating adoption ahead, with "meaningful use" of explainable AI.

"The more users on the platform, the stronger the platform becomes," says the health system's digital health chief.

A telehealth expert offers a look at the year ahead, where he also sees more growth in virtual chronic care management and employer-based care.

Done right, more widespread adoption of remote patient monitoring will offer breakthrough innovations where healthcare delivery can be improved, clinician workloads can be right-sized and better patient outcomes can be achieved, an expert says.

With telemedicine, the time for patients coming out of the ER or a convenience clinic to see a primary care provider has gone from weeks to 24-72 hours. And virtual care has helped the health system achieve a 72% completion rate of Medicare annual wellness visits.

The health system and health plan has seen a 4-times ROI from its durable medical equipment technology work with its healthcare at home program. What's more, Geisinger has reduced overall turnaround time by 83%.

One venture capitalist predicts big news for genAI in healthcare next year, but also expects more government intervention to help protect against patient safety risks and provider liability.

Maxime Vermeir, senior director of AI strategy at ABBYY, an intelligent automation company, offers an in-depth analysis of an AI boom he sees coming in the year ahead.