Why Collaboration Is the Missing Ingredient in Healthcare GenAI

Eugene Woods, CEO of Advocate Health, describes AI as a strategic imperative that requires deep partnerships, not transactional vendor relationships (Harvard Business Review. https://tinyurl.com/2p9mfshf.) This reflects what Frans Johansson calls the Medici Effect: Breakthroughs occur at the intersection of diverse expertise. Advocate Health’s emphasis on co-creation, rapid-cycle decision-making teams, and direct access to senior leadership illustrates how collaboration turns experimentation into impact.

Healthcare does not need fewer AI ideas. It needs shared ownership, honest dialogue, and collective problem-solving. Collaboration is not a soft skill in GenAI— it is the infrastructure. Without it, GenAI will continue to underdeliver. With it, healthcare can finally move from pilots to progress, and from experimentation to real, durable value.