AI Strategy in Healthcare

• C-suite and senior healthcare executives (CEOs, CMOs, CIOs, CDOs, CNOs, COOs) responsible for strategic AI investment, governance, and enterprise-wide adoption
• VPs and directors of digital health, clinical operations, and innovation leading AI pilot design, workflow transformation, and scale-out execution
• Hospital and health system administrators overseeing operational transformation and resource allocation for AI initiatives
• Physician leaders and clinician-executives (medical directors, department chairs) serving as clinical champions and bridging practice with technology strategy
• Health IT and informatics professionals (directors of health IT, clinical informaticists, CTOs) moving from technical implementation into strategic and governance roles
• Healthcare consultants and strategy advisors serving delivery organizations who need credentialed expertise in AI procurement, governance, and ROI
• Regulatory, compliance, and legal professionals navigating HIPAA, FDA classification, algorithmic bias, and evolving U.S. state-level AI legislation
• Healthcare project and program managers, quality improvement directors, and technical product managers leading cross-functional AI implementation and outcomes measurement

• AI Strategy in Healthcare Certificate from Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
• 60 Professional Development Hours (6.0 CEUs)

AI is entering healthcare delivery faster than most organizations can safely manage. With clinicians adopting new tools and finance teams calculating ROI, healthcare leaders need structured frameworks to evaluate, implement, and monitor these technologies at scale.

This certificate program provides a complete roadmap for responsible AI leadership across the healthcare AI life cycle. Whether you lead clinical operations, manage vendor relationships, oversee compliance, or drive strategy, you will develop the practical frameworks and capabilities essential to today's healthcare environment.

You will begin by learning to evaluate AI tools and assess your organization's readiness across technology, data, talent, and culture. From there, you'll map clinical workflows, validate vendor evidence against your patient population, and build an adoption strategy grounded in how clinicians actually respond to change. You'll then establish the governance structures and ethical frameworks AI oversight requires and make the financial case for investment by surfacing the costs and risks vendors don't volunteer.

With that foundation in place, you will design a scaling strategy that moves AI from a controlled pilot to enterprise deployment. Finally, you’ll build a continuous monitoring system that keeps a deployed tool safe, effective, and worth its cost long after the vendor has left the room.

Throughout the program, you will practice these skills against fictionalized healthcare cases before applying them to your own organization. By completing this certificate, you'll gain the frameworks, governance toolkit, and leadership capabilities to champion responsible AI innovation while maintaining clinical safety and organizational trust.

The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

This program includes two years of access to the AI Symposium!

These highly interactive virtual events span multiple days and explore today’s most pressing topics. Symposium sessions offer exclusive opportunities to engage in real-time discussions with your eCornell community, applying insights from your courses to real-world scenarios. Through reflections and small-group discussions, you’ll deepen your learning, broaden your perspective, and expand your professional network.

Symposium events are held throughout the year, providing ongoing opportunities to stay engaged, gain fresh perspectives, and strengthen your skills. Once enrolled, you’ll receive access to the Symposium networking site and details about upcoming sessions. You can participate in as many as you’d like to make the most of your experience, though attendance is not required to complete your program.