{"id":7714184,"date":"2025-09-25T03:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/?p=7714184"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:37:14","slug":"healthcares-breaking-point-is-here-ai-is-the-pressure-valve-forbes-tech-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/global\/blog\/healthcares-breaking-point-is-here-ai-is-the-pressure-valve-forbes-tech-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare&#8217;s Breaking Point Is Here; AI Is The Pressure Valve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Healthcare is reaching its breaking point. We\u2019ve known for years that the system is strained. But what we\u2019re witnessing now is beyond pressure\u2014it\u2019s fracture. By 2050, the over-60 population will double what it is today.<br><br>This isn\u2019t just about overworked clinicians or ageing infrastructure. It\u2019s about a system built for a different era and population demographics. Legacy tools, disconnected data, and paper-based processes are holding back the very people we rely on to save lives.<br><br>The solution? Well&#8230;part of the solution (there is lots we need to do, but this can certainly help!). Not just any AI. AI is trained on real health data, integrated into clinical workflows, and built to act\u2014not just analyse. It\u2019s the shift from reactive to proactive. From fragments to foresight.<br><br>Because the future of healthcare isn\u2019t about shiny new tools. It\u2019s about giving clinicians information, patients control, and health systems a way forward.<br><br>Read my full article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/councils\/forbestechcouncil\/https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/councils\/forbestechcouncil\/2025\/09\/24\/stillness-in-uncertainty-the-riskiest-marketing-strategy-of-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Forbes Technology Council<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:24% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brad-Porter-Orion-Health-HEALWELL-AI-2-1024x759.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7714199 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brad-Porter-Orion-Health-HEALWELL-AI-2-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brad-Porter-Orion-Health-HEALWELL-AI-2-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brad-Porter-Orion-Health-HEALWELL-AI-2-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brad-Porter-Orion-Health-HEALWELL-AI-2-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brad-Porter-Orion-Health-HEALWELL-AI-2.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Brad Porter<\/strong><br>CEO, Orion Health and Chief Commercial Officer, HEALWELL AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color:#abb8c3;\" class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin has-cyan-bluish-gray-color wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brad-porter-37389923\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/councils\/forbestechcouncil\/2025\/07\/22\/healthcares-breaking-point-is-here-ai-is-the-pressure-valve\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/councils\/forbestechcouncil\/2025\/07\/22\/healthcares-breaking-point-is-here-ai-is-the-pressure-valve\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare is reaching its breaking point. We\u2019ve known for years that the system is strained. But what we\u2019re witnessing now is beyond pressure\u2014it\u2019s fracture. By 2050, the over-60 population will double what it is today. This isn\u2019t just about overworked clinicians or ageing infrastructure. It\u2019s about a system built for a different era and population [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":7714205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"blog-post","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[274],"region":[25,26,23,24,27,28],"class_list":["post-7714184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-ai-in-healthcare","region-au","region-ca","region-global","region-nz","region-uk","region-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Forbes feature: Healthcare&#039;s Breaking Point Is Here; AI Is The Pressure Valve - Orion Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brad Porter, CEO of Orion Health and CCO of HEALWELL AI, shares his thoughts with Forbes on how AI can alleviate pressure on healthcare.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/global\/blog\/healthcares-breaking-point-is-here-ai-is-the-pressure-valve-forbes-tech-council\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forbes feature: Healthcare&#039;s Breaking Point Is Here; 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