November 19, 2025
Healthcare Innovation Academy, in partnership with the Pearl
Open House
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Agenda
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Why AI & Healthcare?
22% of healthcare organizations have already implemented domain-specific AI tools, a 7% increase over 2024 and 10% increase over 2023. (Forbes, 2025)
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Major Healthcare Systems taking the lead in AI : Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, SimonED, AND Advocate Health
*Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health*
Artificial intelligence (AI) research within medicine is growing rapidly. In 2016, healthcare AI projects attracted more investment than AI projects within any other sector of the global economy. (National Institutes of Health, 2018)
Healthcare is in the Top 10 Industries identifying AI and big data as a required skill requirement between 2025 – 2030.
(World Economic forum, Future of Jobs Report, 2025)
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Healthcare Fiscal Investment in AI
Past Seven Years
Driving Forces
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Workforce Demand: No current high school or college program matches the pace of AI innovation in healthcare
Industry Partnership: The Pearl and workforce partners will co-shape curriculum and apprenticeship opportunities in collaboration and consultation with Cabarrus County Schools
Opportunity for Students: Ongoing waitlist for the Academy of Information and Technology as well as consistent growth in both Health Science Pathways interest & enrollment
How is this Program Different?
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What is a Microschool?
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Real-world experiences built into the school day
Small, independent, hybrid learning environment
Low student-to-teacher ratio
Personalized, flexible learning
What is a Microschool?
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Our microschool structure:
Not just themed classes within a comprehensive high school
Not focused primarily on college credit
Daily integration of AI + healthcare concepts
What Learning Looks like Day to Day
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No two days look the same
Mix of:
Field Experiences at The Pearl Innovation District
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Weekly field experiences or comparable experiences
STEM lab challenges
Guest speakers and workshops
Opportunities for internships/apprenticeships
Healthcare and data simulations
Why This Matters for Your Child
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Builds critical thinking
Strengthens executive functioning
Prepares students for college, careers, and real work settings
Develops independence, communication, and problem-solving
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Future Trends in AI & Healthcare
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AI & Healthcare
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Healthcare leaders are looking for AI tools that provide value, reduce costs, increased administrative efficiencies and improve patient care. (HealthTech Magazine, 2025)
AI Implementation requires the right people to problem solve potential risks, Return on Investment (ROIs) and cultural readiness. (HealthTech Magazine, 2025)
With 4.5 billion people lacking access to essential healthcare services and an expected shortfall of 11 million health-workers by 2030, AI offers a major opportunity to help close the gap. (World Economic Forum, 2025)
AI has become the new determinant of competitiveness, the next dividing line between organizations that thrive and those that fade. It’s no longer a question of if or when. It’s a question of how fast—and whether the human mission of healthcare can evolve as quickly as the technology now demands. (Forbes, 2025)
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Seven specific AI applications already making a difference:
AI & Healthcare
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Seven specific AI applications already making a difference:
4. AI-driven chatbots / digital interfaces triaging patients and aiding clinical decisions.
5. AI supporting traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM), including cataloguing indigenous medical texts and linking ancient practices with genomics.
6. AI streamlining healthcare administration (e.g., transcription tools, scheduling, reducing clinician paperwork) allowing more time with patients.
7. AI assessing ambulance / emergency transfer needs: e.g., models that correctly identify 80 % of transfers in one UK study based on mobility, vitals, chest pain etc.
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Futures Careers
Workforce Core Skills Needed by 2030
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AI & big data
Analytical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Resilience
Flexibility & Agility
Leadership
Curiosity & Lifelong Learning
Systems Thinking
Motivation & Self Awareness
Technological Literacy
“By automating the documentation related to routine nursing tasks, we are giving time back to nurses to do what they do best – care for patients.”
Katie Barr- Senior VP & Chief Nursing Informatics Officer - Advocate Health
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“AI without humans, or humans without AI, is not going to be as good as leveraging both together.”
Gene Woods, CEO of Advocate Health
Unlocking the full potential of data technology – in all its forms – can mean a patient no longer feels like a patient, but a person living their best life.”
Geoff Martha - Chairman & CEO - Medtronic
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Learning at
As the Carolinas continue to grow, we want every young person to be future-ready and future-resilient.
We believe every student deserves a pathway to purpose. That means helping them discover what they’re good at, what they care about, and how they can use their talents to make a difference in their community.
From medical simulation and regenerative medicine to diagnostics, engineering design, and emerging technologies, students get hands-on experiences with the tools and ideas shaping healthcare and innovation across the region.
They explore real problems, design solutions, test their ideas, and work alongside industry professionals, discovering not just what’s possible for their futures, but what’s possible for all of us because of them.
Next Steps
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Concord, NC 28025
Additional Questions?
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Deadline: December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM