AI Won't Save Healthcare If the Data Layer Is Broken

AI is everywhere in healthcare right now. But Nancy Wright of GE HealthCare makes a sharper point: AI will only be as useful as the infrastructure underneath it. In this episode of Boombostic Health, recorded live at ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles, Bradley Bostic sits down with Nancy Wright, VP of Digital Platforms at GE HealthCare, for a practical conversation about interoperability, cybersecurity, connected devices, workforce shortages, and the operational future of healthcare. Nancy explains why interoperability is no longer just about exchanging clinical data. Health systems now need a more connected view across operations, finance, clinical workflows, biomedical engineering, supply chain, and cybersecurity. The challenge is not replacing every system. It is creating a smarter data layer that allows existing platforms to keep working while giving leaders better visibility, stronger security, and more actionable intelligence. The conversation also explores why healthcare cybersecurity must become proactive, why connected devices are expanding the risk surface, and how agentic AI could help reduce the burden on clinical and technical teams already stretched thin. This is a conversation about what healthcare needs before AI can truly scale: connected infrastructure, secure data, and operational intelligence. In This Episode Bradley and Nancy discuss: Why healthcare's AI future depends on the data layer beneath it What interoperability really means inside modern health systems Why disconnected operational, clinical, and cybersecurity data creates risk How connected devices and IoT endpoints are changing healthcare cybersecurity Why health systems need proactive security partners, not reactive fixes How agentic AI could support biomedical, clinical, and operational teams Why partnership will matter as healthcare innovation accelerates Key Moments 00:00 — Welcome from ViVE 2026 with Nancy Wright of GE HealthCare 01:08 — How AI is changing operations, labor, and interoperability 03:20 — Why interoperability needs a clearer definition 05:28 — Building a smarter layer across existing health system platforms 06:31 — Cybersecurity, bad actors, and healthcare's growing risk surface 08:48 — Connected devices, IoT endpoints, and proactive risk planning 12:09 — Why ViVE creates momentum for healthcare partnerships 14:15 — Agentic AI, workforce shortages, and the future of healthcare operations Why It Matters Healthcare does not need more disconnected technology. It needs infrastructure that helps leaders see across the enterprise, secure connected assets, support overloaded teams, and turn fragmented data into action. That is the foundation required for AI to become more than hype.