

Harness the Power of AI and Digital Transformation in Health Care
Engage in a comprehensive learning journey from Harvard Medical School Executive Education that combines two expert-led programs to enable digital health innovation and transformation. Gain the skills to implement artificial intelligence (AI) at scale, navigate governance, and lead initiatives that align technology adoption with enterprise strategy and sustainable health care impact.
Health Care Transformation from Harvard Medical School Executive Education is an 18-week online program designed to build strategic fluency in AI and digital transformation within health care. The learning journey combines two expert-led Harvard Medical School Executive Education programs — AI in Health Care and Leading Digital Transformation in Health Care — to equip health care leaders, innovators, and decision-makers to design, govern, and scale technology-enabled transformation across complex clinical and organizational environments.
As digital and AI technologies rapidly reshape care delivery, operations, and patient engagement, organizations face mounting pressure to move beyond pilots toward responsible, enterprise-wide implementation. Through expert-led instruction, applied frameworks, real-world case studies, and a capstone project, this program will help you align key technologies and AI initiatives with strategy, manage data and governance challenges, address ethical and regulatory considerations, and lead change at scale in the health care system.
Note: This non-degree program offers a certificate of completion to participants who meet the program requirements. It does not grant academic credit or provide certification for specific professions.
The AI-Driven Health Care Transformation program is tailored for professionals at the intersection of digital innovation, leadership, and strategy within the health care industry. The program is ideal for:
C-suite executives, board members, VPs, heads of departments, and managing directors aiming to enhance operational efficiency, drive growth, and improve patient outcomes by aligning technology with business strategy and managing organizational change
CTOs, health IT directors, innovation leads, and CIOs who drive digital innovation, make cutting-edge investments, and enhance patient care through technology while overcoming technical and integration challenges in AI implementation
Entrepreneurs, founders, co-founders, chief product officers, and business development managers dedicated to creating disruptive health tech solutions, identifying market opportunities, and securing investments for AI ventures while navigating regulations and building scalable business models
Varied health care professionals seeking to leverage AI and technology by enhancing their expertise, optimizing operations, developing informed policies, and advancing research to implement strategic tech solutions and improve client outcomes while fostering innovation and maintaining regulatory compliance
The AI-Driven Health Care Transformation program from Harvard Medical School Executive Education integrates two expert-led learning journeys to develop strategic and operational fluency in digital transformation in health care. You will gain a holistic understanding of how digital health technologies, AI, and digital solutions reshape health systems while developing the leadership and change management capabilities required to support sustainable transformation across health care organizations.







The capstones and final project are core components of the learning journey, providing hands-on opportunities to apply key concepts from digital transformation and AI implementation in a health care setting. For this final project, you will create an actionable strategy to address challenges related to AI implementation in your organization. By addressing real-world challenges and proposing innovative solutions, the final project consolidates the theoretical knowledge and insights on AI implementation gained throughout the program and emphasizes their practical application. It ensures that you can translate learning into actionable strategies that enhance health care delivery and operational efficiency.
The AI-Driven Health Care Transformation program curriculum integrates two expert-led programs from Harvard Medical School Executive Education, offering a comprehensive learning journey designed to equip health care professionals with the necessary skills and knowledge to drive meaningful transformation in their organizations.
Module 1: The History and Foundations of AI
Module 2: A Framework for the AI Development Pipeline
Module 3: From the Lab to the Real World
Module 4: Transparency, Reproducibility, and Generalizability in AI
Module 5: The Potential for Bias and Harm in AI
Module 6: AI for Startups
Module 7: AI for Wearable Data
Module 8: Live Session — Capstone Presentations
Module 1: Transforming, Disrupting, or Staying Competitive
Module 2: Enabling Technologies
Module 3: Transformation Management Skills and Practices — Fostering Change Management
Module 4: Transformation Management Skills and Practices — Establishing Digital Transformation and Innovation
Module 5: Transformation Management Skills and Practices — Creating a Digital Culture
Module 6: Creating the Transformation Plan
Explore the program's objectives and expected learning outcomes, and gain an overview of the health care industry, focusing on the transformative role of AI and digital technologies.
Delve into the fundamental concepts of management education in health care, and discuss various leadership styles and effective management practices.
Discover strategies for fostering a learning organization within the health care sector, emphasizing the importance of continuous professional development, and describing the potential business value for AI pilots.
Examine the process of innovation in health care, and gain tools and techniques for managing innovation effectively by proposing an approach for integrating an AI innovation group.
Analyze techniques for evaluating AI implementation frameworks and their applicability in health care. Analyze the elements of a peer's framework for implementing AI, and integrate peer feedback.
Delve into best practices for selecting and managing AI vendors, including critical considerations for vendor evaluation and relationship management. Describe diligence activities associated with examining an AI-based product or service.
Identify and manage potential challenges in AI implementation, and develop strategies for mitigating risks and addressing limitations.
Refine AI implementation frameworks, incorporating feedback to enhance framework effectiveness. Analyze the elements of a peer's framework for implementing AI, and integrate peer feedback.
Discuss the application of AI insights in real-world health care settings, and reflect on the learnings gained in approaching AI solutions in health care.
Set the strategic context for AI in health care by aligning AI initiatives with organizational strategy. Defend the AI strategic context selected for an organization.
Explore governance frameworks for AI implementation, and outline a charter for an AI governance committee.
Examine the potential impact of AI on organizational talent management in health care, and describe the potential impact of AI on an organization's talent needs.
Delve into best practices for managing data in AI projects by analyzing data management practices to ensure data quality, security, and compliance.
Assess the impact of AI on technology architecture, and describe methods used to assess the impact of an AI-based application on an organization’s infrastructure.
Discover advanced techniques for framework analysis, enhancing the effectiveness of AI implementation frameworks. Analyze the elements of a peer's framework for implementing AI, and integrate that feedback into your framework.
Compare successful and unsuccessful AI implementation projects, and learn from failures and best practices.
Explore and discuss the importance of participating in AI-centered industry forums and communities.
Finalize and refine AI implementation frameworks, preparing them for real-world application. Analyze the elements of a peer's framework for implementing AI, and integrate that feedback into your framework.
Summarize program learnings, and engage in final discussions while exploring future directions in AI for health care. Develop a comprehensive framework for implementing AI.
Faculty Q&A Session
Participate in a live faculty-led Q&A session focused on real-world applications of AI in health care. Topics typically include project validation, adoption challenges, data partnerships, regulatory considerations, and strategies for launching AI-driven initiatives.
Capstone Presentation
Experience a dynamic exchange of ideas as participants present innovative, AI-first health care and digital health solutions. This optional session offers an opportunity to explore diverse approaches, spark new thinking, and recognize creativity in advancing health care through AI, with attendees voting on the strongest capstone presentation.
Live Session on Data Sharing
Join faculty for a session on strategies for achieving seamless data sharing across care settings. Explore enablers, including common standards, shared incentives, governance models, and ethical considerations, alongside best practices for scaling digital innovations.
Note: Session topics are subject to change and may evolve based on faculty insights.
Develop a comprehensive framework for implementing AI at scale within health care organizations to enhance operational efficiency and patient care.
Strategize and manage the adoption of emerging digital technologies effectively to drive innovation and streamline health care processes.
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the challenges involved in scaling AI solutions, and devise strategies to overcome these obstacles in health care settings.
Create detailed tactical and strategic plans for integrating and implementing advanced technologies, ensuring their transformative impact on health care delivery.
Identify new opportunities for AI in health care to address unmet needs.
Assess the ethical implications and potential biases of AI technologies in health care settings.
Recognize the lessons learned from real-world digital health transformation experiences and pilots, and create your own action plan through the capstone project.
Identify the elements of effective change management as well as the critical success factors for implementing digital transformation within your organization.
Apply best practices and program insights to day-to-day operations and long-term strategic priorities.
At Harvard Medical School, the Corporate Learning team provides emerging and established organizations with the knowledge they need to address the industry's toughest business challenges. Our extensive portfolio, including a range of cutting-edge executive education programs, helps teams achieve their potential by advancing their knowledge and capabilities in diverse areas, including medical science, emerging diseases, digital transformation, designing AI solutions for health care, employee health and wellness, and health care leadership. A comprehensive ecosystem of online, in-person, and hybrid solutions supports learners at all levels — from new hires to CEOs and their leadership teams. Offerings are taught by Harvard Medical School faculty, thought leaders from other schools at Harvard University, and industry-leading practitioners.

Chief Technology Officer, Lila Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Andrew Beam, PhD, is an expert in machine learning for biology and medicine and currently serves as the CTO at Lila Sciences, Inc., an organization that is developing new AI m...

Executive-in-Residence, Harvard Medical School Executive Education
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MD, PHD, Physician-Scientist; Deputy Editor, NEJM AI

Product Manager, Google Health

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PHD, Assistant professor at MIT in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)

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Upon completion of this program, you will receive three digital certificates from Harvard Medical School. These include certificates of completion for the AI-Driven Health Care Transformation program, the AI in Health Care: From Strategies to Implementation program, and the Leading Digital Transformation in Health Care program.

Note: The certificate details (name and dates) are placeholders. The final certificate will reflect the actual participant name, cohort dates, and date of issue.
Your digitally verified certificates will be issued in your legal name and emailed to you, at no additional cost, upon completion of the program, per the stipulated requirements. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Harvard Medical School.
Note: This program does not grant academic or professional certifications from Harvard Medical School.
How do I know if this program is right for me?
After reviewing the information on the Lifestyle Coaching for Sustained Behavior Change program landing page, we recommend you submit the short form above to gain access to the program brochure, which includes more in-depth information. If you still have questions about whether this program is a good fit for you, please email learner.success@emeritus.org, and a dedicated program advisor will follow-up with you very shortly.
Are there any prerequisites for this program?
Some programs do have prerequisites, particularly the more technical ones. This information will be noted on the program landing page, as well as in the program brochure. If you are uncertain about program prerequisites and your capabilities, please email us at the ID mentioned above.
Note that, unless otherwise stated on the program web page, all programs are taught in English, and proficiency in English is required.
What is the typical class profile?
More than 50 percent of our participants are from outside the United States. Class profiles vary from one cohort to the next, but, generally, our online certificates draw a highly diverse audience in terms of professional experience, industry, and geography — leading to a very rich peer learning and networking experience.
What other dates will this program be offered in the future?
Check back with this program web page or email us to inquire whether future program dates or the timeline for future offerings have been confirmed yet.
How much time is required each week?
Each program includes an estimated learner effort per week. This is referenced at the top of the program landing page under the Duration section, as well as in the program brochure, which you can obtain by submitting the short form at the top of this web page.
How will my time be spent?
We have designed this program to fit into your current working life as efficiently as possible. Time will be spent among a variety of activities including:
Engaging with recorded video lectures from faculty
Attending webinars and office hours, as per the specific program schedule
Reading or engaging with examples of core topics
Completing knowledge checks/quizzes and required activities
Engaging in moderated discussion groups with your peers
Completing your final project, if required
The program is designed to be highly interactive while also allowing time for self-reflection and gaining an understanding of the core topics through various active learning exercises. Please email us if you need further clarification on program activities.
What is it like to learn online with the learning collaborator, Emeritus?
More than 300,000 learners across 80 countries have chosen to advance their skills with Emeritus and its educational learning partners. In fact, 90 percent of the respondents of a recent survey across all our programs said that their learning outcomes were met or exceeded.
All the contents of the course would be made available to students at the commencement of the course. However, to ensure the program delivers the desired learning outcomes, the students may appoint Emeritus to manage the delivery of the program in a cohort-based manner, the cost of which is already included in the overall course fee of the course.
A dedicated program support team is available 24/5 (Monday to Friday) to answer questions about the learning platform, technical issues, or anything else that may affect your learning experience.
How do I interact with other program participants?
Peer learning adds substantially to the overall learning experience and is an important part of the program. You can connect and communicate with other participants through our learning platform.
What are the requirements to earn the certificate?
Each program includes an estimated learner effort per week, so you can gauge what will be required before you enroll. This is referenced at the top of the program landing page under the Duration section, as well as in the program brochure, which you can obtain by submitting the short form at the top of this web page. All programs are designed to fit into your working life.
This program is scored as a pass or no-pass; participants must complete the required activities to pass and obtain the certificate of completion. Some programs include a final project submission or other assignments to obtain passing status. This information will be noted in the program brochure. Please email us if you need further clarification on any specific program requirements.
What type of certificate will I receive?
Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a smart digital certificate. The smart digital certificate can be shared with friends, family, schools, or potential employers. You can use it on your cover letter, resume, and/or display it on your LinkedIn profile.
The digital certificate will be sent approximately two weeks after the program, once grading is complete.
Will I earn a professional certificate, CEUs, PEUs, academic credits when I complete the program?
This program does not grant academic credits, CEUs, PEUs or professional certificate from Harvard Medical School. This non-degree program offers a certificate of completion to participants who meet the program requirements. It does not grant academic credit or provide certification for specific professions.
Can I get the hard copy of the certificate?
No, only verified digital certificates will be issued upon successful completion. This allows you to share your credentials on social platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Do I receive alumni status after completing this program?
No, there is no alumni status granted for this program. In some cases, there are credits that count toward a higher level of certificate. This information will be clearly noted in the program brochure.
How long will I have access to the learning materials?
You will have access to the online learning platform and all the videos and program materials for 24 months following the program start date. Access to the learning platform is restricted to registered participants per the terms of agreement.
What equipment or technical requirements are there for this program?
Participants will need the latest version of their preferred browser to access the learning platform. In addition, Microsoft Office and a PDF viewer are required to access documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF files, and transcripts.
Do I need to be online to access the program content?
Yes, the learning platform is accessed via the internet, and video content is not available for download. However, you can download files of video transcripts, assignment templates, readings, etc. For maximum flexibility, you can access program content from a desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile device.
Video lectures must be streamed via the internet, and any livestream webinars and office hours will require an internet connection. However, these sessions are always recorded, so you may view them later.
Can I still register if the registration deadline has passed?
Yes, you can register up until seven days past the published start date of the program without missing any of the core program material or learnings.
What is the program fee, and what forms of payment do you accept?
The program fee is noted at the top of this program web page and usually referenced in the program brochure as well.
Flexible payment options are available (see details below as well as at the top of this program web page next to FEE).
Tuition assistance is available for participants who qualify. Please email learner.success@emeritus.org.
What if I don’t have a credit card? Is there another method of payment accepted?
Yes, you can do the bank remittance in the program currency via wire transfer or debit card. Please contact your program advisor, or email us for details.
I was not able to use the discount code provided. Can you help?
Yes! Please email us with the details of the program you are interested in, and we will assist you.
How can I obtain an invoice for payment?
Please email us your invoicing requirements and the specific program you’re interested in enrolling in.
Is there an option to make flexible payments for this program?
Yes, the flexible payment option allows a participant to pay the program fee in installments. This option is made available on the payment page and should be selected before submitting the payment.
How can I obtain a W9 form?
Please connect with us via email for assistance.
Who will be collecting the payment for the program?
Emeritus collects all program payments, provides learner enrollment and program support, and manages learning platform services.
Are there any restrictions on the types of funding that can be used to pay for the program?
Program fees for Emeritus programs with Harvard Medical School may not be paid for with (a) funds from the GI Bill, the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Act of 2008, or similar types of military education funding benefits or (b) Title IV financial aid funds.
What is the program refund and deferral policy?
For the program refund and deferral policy, please click the link here.
AI-Driven Health Care Transformation is a certificate program from Harvard Medical School Executive Education focused on equipping professionals with actionable insights on digital health solutions and adopting digital technologies shaping the future of health care.
This program is designed for all health care professionals, including clinical leaders, chief medical executives, nurse leaders, consultants, and innovators leading digital transformation across the health care sector.
This program is a self-paced online certificate program. However, some participants may require company approval or an employer sponsor. The program supports company covers, invoice requirements, and necessary documentation when approval is required.
The AI-Driven Health Care Transformation program focuses on improving patient experience, strengthening primary care, and advancing health care outcomes through digital solutions. It provides actionable insights, real-world examples, and case studies that help organizations adopt digital technologies, manage digital disruption, and implement digital health solutions.
The AI-Driven Health Care Transformation curriculum covers digital health technologies and digital tools central to digital health transformation, including AI, machine learning, generative AI, data platforms, as well as medical devices and key technologies in health care used for clinical workflows, hospital operations, governance, and enterprise-scale digital solutions.
The AI-Driven Health Care Transformation program helps you build practical skills to lead digital transformation efforts, including digital transformation strategies, change management, AI governance, vendor evaluation, and data management, while gaining actionable insights from real-world examples and case studies across health systems with a global perspective.
Didn't find what you were looking for? Write to us at learner.success@emeritus.org or Schedule a call with one of our Program Advisors or call us at +1 315 284 5718 (US) / +44 204 538 5575(UK) / +65 3129 7741 (SG)
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