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Technology executive says AI can be 'transformative' if medicine, business practices align

Seema Verma says AI must bring value to cost, quality and access of health care

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Jonathan Ellis
Oct 18, 2025
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Former CMS Administrator Seema Verma addresses the use of AI at Sanford Health’s Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care Oct. 14. (Jay Pickthorn/Sanford Health)

The use of artificial intelligence in the health care industry has the promise of being “transformative” if it’s used in the right ways, a leading technology executive told health care providers this week.

Seema Verma, an executive vice president and general manager for Oracle Health and Life Sciences, said AI has the potential to drive change where other technological advancements had not.

“I think this time around with AI, we can’t just drop the technology off at the door,” she said.

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