SUNIL DADLANI
ATLANTIC HEALTH
with a resilient, cloud-first and data-first infrastructure. This foundation allowed the system to move into a pilot phase for AI, deploying technologies in clinical decision-making, radiology triaging and improving consumer engagement across the network.
In 2025, the system’ s vital statistics showed more than one million unique encounters and 100,323 annual admissions, highlighting the massive scale at which these digital tools must operate.
As Sunil sees it, digital innovation is not defined by a set of tools, but by a unified journey shaped by leadership across every part of the health system. Digital tools are accelerators, but they must do more than introduce new technology. They must create tangible value by improving patient outcomes, strengthening safety, expanding access and enhancing the overall patient experience.
“ To lead nationally, we make deliberate strategic decisions early on that we are not going to start with algorithms,” he explains.“ We are not going to start with vendors. We are really going to start with asking the right questions. Digital innovation is not about one particular leader or one particular department. It is a cohesive journey of the entire organisation.”
Because continual evolution is a necessity in an era of unprecedented disruption, the system ensures it is laserfocused on keeping the human at the centre of every technological decision made. While AI systems can outperform humans in pattern recognition and computational tasks, Sunil believes
SUNIL DADLANI
EVP, CHIEF INFORMATION & DIGITAL OFFICER AND CHIEF CYBER SECURITY OFFICER
Sunil Dadlani is the Chief Information and Digital Officer at Atlantic Health and one of healthcare’ s most influential voices on AI-driven transformation. A bold architect of digital strategy, Sunil translates the promise of artificial intelligence into enterprise-scale realities – reshaping how clinical systems think, predict and perform. He leads with conviction at the intersection of technology, governance and humancentered care, guiding one of the nation’ s leading health systems through a defining era of innovation. Boardrooms and global stages alike turn to Sunil for his uncompromising vision: that AI, deployed responsibly, will fundamentally rewrite the economics and ethics of healthcare.
human judgement must always augment these capabilities to ensure safety and accountability, rather than take humans out of the equation because liability of clinical decisions is with humans and not black box algorithms.
The system uses a governance framework where clinical, legal and financial leaders collaborate to provide guardrails for innovation, ensuring that patient safety and outcomes remain the priority. atlantichealth. org