Healthcare Industry Must Focus on Training Machines Over the Next Three Years, Accenture Reports
June 23 2015 - 6:35AM
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Healthcare executives expect that, within the next three years,
their industry will need to focus as much on training machines as
they do on training people, according to one finding from a new
report by Accenture (NYSE:ACN).
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The industry report, Accenture Healthcare Technology Vision
2015, [is based on a survey of doctors, consumers and healthcare
executives and] highlights emerging technology trends that will
affect the health industry in the next three to five years. Roughly
four-in-five (84 percent) health executives agree or strongly agree
that their industry will need to focus as much on training machines
– such as using algorithms, intelligent software and machine
learning – as they do on training people in the next three years.
In fact, most of those surveyed (83 percent) agree that provider
organizations, driven by a surge in clinical data, will soon need
to manage intelligent machines as well as employees.
“As the digital revolution gains momentum, doctors and
clinicians will use machines to augment human labor, personalize
care and manage more complex tasks,” said Kaveh Safavi J.D. M.D.,
who leads Accenture’s health business. “The digital revolution
is also creating a data goldmine that can spark medical
breakthroughs and improve individualized treatment plans.”
Intelligent machines will also support the surge in health data
from various disparate sources, such as diagnostic tests,
internet-connected devices, genomics and medical records. In fact,
access to large volumes of new patient data is driving some
challenges, as the survey found 41 percent of health executives
said their data volume has grown more than 50 percent last year.
This data explosion, accompanied by advances in processing power,
analytics and cognitive technology, is fueling smarter software
that makes it easier to turn big data into better decisions and
better healthcare. Approximately half of the healthcare executives
surveyed said they use rule-based algorithms (59 percent of
respondents), machine learning (52 percent), intelligent agents (49
percent) and predictive analytics (45 percent) to infuse
intelligence into systems.
Beyond turning massive amounts of new data into insights, this
wave of new technology will create a single platform for data
generated by patients, doctors and clinicians. Patient-generated
data is already demonstrating benefits among health executives, as
nearly three-fourths (73 percent of respondents) have seen positive
ROI from their investment in these technologies, such as wearables
tracking an individual’s fitness and vital signs. In addition,
Accenture found that most physicians (85 percent) believe that
wearables improve a patient’s engagement with their own health,
while three-fourths (76 percent) of patients believe that wearables
have the potential to help them better manage their health and
potentially improve it. This is also why health monitoring is the
top reason more than half (54 percent) of patients use smartphone
applications.
“We’re entering an era of personalized healthcare where patients
expect to have a meaningful and convenient individual health
experience, both virtually and in-person,” Safavi said. "The advent
of real-time patient data, smarter technologies and individualized
services will help health providers break from their traditional
business models and provide outcome-focused services for
individuals."
Methodology
The Accenture 2015 Healthcare IT Vision is part of the company’s
annual research on emerging technology trends facing large industry
organizations in the next three-to-five years. Researchers gathered
input from the Technology Vision External Advisory Board, a group
comprising more than two dozen executives and entrepreneurs from
the public and private sectors, academia, venture capital firms and
startup companies. For this industry-specific research, Accenture
gathered input from a survey of 601 doctors, 1,000 consumers and
101 healthcare executives.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services
and outsourcing company, with more than 323,000 people serving
clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled
experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and
business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most
successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help
them become high-performance businesses and governments. The
company generated net revenues of US$30.0 billion for the fiscal
year ended Aug. 31, 2014. Its home page is www.accenture.com.
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