We’re pleased to highlight that Life365 CEO, Kent Dicks, authored an insightful new article in Healthcare Business Today titled “How to Evolve AI Into an ‘Intelligent Layer’ That Transforms Preventive Care.” In it, Kent shares how AI embedded as an “intelligent layer” in connected care platforms can detect subtle health risks earlier, streamline clinical workflows, and drive more personalized, proactive interventions.
In this Healthcare Business Today feature, Kent Dicks introduces the concept of an “intelligent layer” of AI - one that operates quietly in the background, analyzing nuanced patterns across time and context to detect early indicators of health risk before symptoms emerge. Unlike traditional alert systems that rely on rigid thresholds and create alert fatigue, this intelligent layer assesses multi-dimensional data - like changes in activity, sleep, or vital readings together - to deliver meaningful signals to care teams.
By prioritizing only actionable insights, this AI framework enhances clinician efficiency, reduces false alarms, and supports scalable, personalized care. It also helps address workforce challenges by enabling provider teams to manage larger patient panels without sacrificing quality.
Importantly, Kent emphasizes that successful AI integration demands transparency, explainability, and human oversight -the intelligent layer should augment, not replace, the clinician. As healthcare shifts toward proactive models, Kent argues that this approach empowers care systems to act on early signals—not wait for symptoms—and in doing so, lead the next generation of timely, preventative, home-centered care.
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