BC NA December 2020

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“We’re building the analytic
platform to understand
the patient journey and
the clinical journey”
—
Patrick McGill,
EVP, Chief Analytics Officer
patients because physicians, nurses
and pharmacists really want to
understand what’s in the black box of
AI,” he says. “If they don’t understand
it and they can’t explain it, then they
don’t want to adopt it.
“While easing into the realm of
digitalization, we’ve tried to leverage
AI tools to help augment their knowledge,
so servicing algorithms where
patients might be at a higher risk of a
fall, to alert the clinician to take some
extra precautions with this patient, or
in areas where the patient might be
DECEMBER 2020