July 16, 2025
Structuring Healthcare Data for Responsible AI
by Tim O'Connell 5 minutes
Tim O’Connell, M.Eng., M.D., co-founder and CEO of emtelligent, offers a rare blend of clinical insight and technical acumen when it comes to the challenges of responsible AI in healthcare. As the industry confronts a surge of generative AI deployments, health-system leaders must reconcile the push for rapid automation with ethical imperatives around data governance, algorithmic fairness, and patient safety.
In this Q&A, O’Connell outlines the root causes of unreliable AI outcomes: generic model architectures that lack domain fluency, the notorious propensity of generative AI to hallucinate, and the absence of structured, verifiable inputs.