2nd Edition
AI in Health A Guide to Winning in the New Age of Intelligent Health
Author Bio. Preface. Section 1: Gradually Then Suddenly. Chapter 1: Gradually, Then Suddenly. Chapter 2: A Lesson Hiding in Plain Sight. Chapter 3: The Future Is Not What It Used to Be. Chapter 4: The Intelligent Health Consumer. Chapter 5: The Coming Care Calamity. Chapter 6: Hitting Healthcare's Workforce Wall. Chapter 7: From Crisis to Capability: AI as a Workforce Multiplier. Chapter 8: The Rise of Intelligent Health Systems. Chapter 9: Where AI Is Actually Working in Health Care. Section 2: An AI Primer for Health Leaders. Chapter 10: You Can’t Lead What You Haven’t Defined. Chapter 11: AI Is One Thing and Many Things. Chapter 12: What AI Does Well, and What Only You Can Do. Chapter 13: How AI Creates Value. Chapter 14: How AI Changes Decision-Making. Section 3: Becoming an Intelligent Health Leader. Chapter 15: Find and Follow AI’s True North. Chapter 16: Mastering Your AI Learning Journey. Chapter 17: Technology Changes Fast. People Do Not. Chapter 18: Is AI Part of Your HR Plan? Chapter 19: Creating a Modern Data Estate. Chapter 20: Leading AI Responsibly. Chapter 21: Governance – Making Responsible AI Real. Chapter 22: The Hard and Soft Skills of Intelligent Health Leaders. Chapter 23: The Art and Science of Thinking Differently. Chapter 24: Seven Reasons Why AI Innovation Fails to Scale. Chapter 25: From Aspiration to Execution. Chapter 26: The Future of AI in Health and Medicine. Section 4: AI Processes - Tips and Tricks. Establish an AI Leadership Charter. Develop an AI Vision Statement. Develop an AI Workforce Development and Engagement Program. Evaluating and Selecting AI Use Cases. Develop a Scoring Rubric for AI Use Case Prioritization. Establish a Staff and Clinician-Driven AI Use Case Submission Process. Establish an AI-Vendor Partnership Dashboard. Responsible AI Resources. Section 5: Appendix. An AI Glossary for Healthcare Executives. From Gods to Geeks: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
Biography
Tom Lawry is an internationally recognized authority on artificial intelligence, healthcare transformation, and the future of Intelligent Health Systems. He is the Managing Director of Second Century Tech and a former Microsoft executive whose work is helping health systems, governments, and global organizations navigate one of the most consequential shifts in the history of healthcare.
Tom previously served as Microsoft’s National Director for AI in Health & Life Sciences, as well as Director of Worldwide Health and Director of Organizational Performance for Microsoft’s first health incubator. His career also includes leadership roles with GE Healthcare, founding two venture-backed healthcare technology companies, and serving as a health system executive and board member.
Known for translating complex technologies into practical leadership strategies, Tom is widely recognized for his ability to cut through the hype surrounding AI and focus leaders on what matters most: creating measurable impact at scale while restoring humanity to healthcare.
Tom is the best-selling author of AI in Health, Hacking Healthcare, and Health Care Nation. His work and views have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, CEO Magazine, CNET, South China Morning Post, Inside Precision Medicine and other global publications. In 2025, he was named one of the world’s “Top 20 AI Voices to Follow.”
