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Infographic: A Connected, Compliant Digital Estate to Advance AI in Healthcare
Canadian healthcare organizations are accelerating AI adoption while keeping compliance close. To succeed, organizations need to modernize legacy systems, address data concerns and operate distributed infrastructure as one digital estate.
Healthcare is Further Ahead on AI
99%
of healthcare organizations are currently using or testing generative AI, compared to 88% across Canada
74%
of healthcare organizations have adopted GenAI at scale or across a few workloads, compared to 60% across Canada
42%
use copilots or conversational AI at scale, compared to 30% across Canada
59%
are testing agentic AI or plan to start using it in the next 12 months
A Resilient, Hybrid and Distributed Digital Estate
69%
of healthcare organizations indicate that their digital infrastructure has been sufficiently or exceptionally resilient over the past year
68%
mainly rely on hybrid cloud and 32% mainly on multicloud
Healthcare’s Focus on Compliance
Healthcare’s biggest reasons for adopting cloud:
52%
Legal and compliance considerations
46%
Data locality concerns
35%
of healthcare organizations say regulatory data compliance reporting needs to improve over the next 12 months
19%
of healthcare organizations use sovereign cloud extensively, compared to 10% in Canada overall
46%
of healthcare organizations want improvements to prevent sensitive data from being used in AI training
Scale, Spread and Security of Healthcare Data
67%
say that improved scalability is required to enable an AI-friendly data architecture
52%
of healthcare organizations say data is becoming more distributed and harder to manage consistently
61%
of healthcare organizations cite ensuring data security as a challenge
41%
say that the quality of data available for use needs to improve, while 30% say that quantity needs to improve within 12 months
Advancing a Connected Digital Estate
71%
of healthcare organizations are planning significant new investments in hybrid cloud over the next two years
42%
of healthcare organizations rank interoperability of various clouds among the top three areas in need of further investment
In the next two years, organizations plan to purchase the following capabilities:
55%
Cost management
53%
Performance monitoring and reporting
48%