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2.5-WEEK AI INTENSIVE

HEALTHCARE

STARTS MAR 31

Agentic AI and AI Evaluation in Healthcare

Develop the frameworks to evaluate healthcare AI proposals, design compliant agent workflows, and lead implementation—whether you’re at a health system, pharma company, or specialty practice.

Duration

2.5 Weeks

FORMAT

Live + AI-Guided

TUITION

$1,595 $1,995

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As featured by Forbes

Built on the Agentic AI Intensive—named by Forbes as a top course to master AI agents.

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Designed for leaders in regulated healthcare environments

Health Systems

Specialty Practices

Pharma* & Biotech

Healthcare Consulting

Leaders from Kaiser Permanente, Gilead Sciences, Becton Dickinson, Novartis, Novavax, and Grifols have completed our programs.

*examples focus on practical agentic AI frameworks applied to health systems, clinical care pathways, and pharmaceutical workflows.

FROM THE AGENTIC AI INTENSIVE
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“Understanding how to apply the AGENT framework and how to embed human-in-the-loop oversight fundamentally changed how I approach AI systems in healthcare.”

“I've already prototyped a multi-agent system for addiction medicine consults and integrated what I learned into an NSF proposal.”

Robert Benard Nurse Practitioner, Addiction Medicine

Lead healthcare AI initiatives with clarity, rigor, and confidence

Strategy and implementation frameworks for non-technical leaders in regulated environments.

PHI data protection

Design workflows with PHI protections built in

Clinical safety and regulation

Evaluate AI pilots for clinical safety and regulatory fit

AI agents and workflows

Explain how agents change workflows, risk, and accountability

Implementation-ready specs

Brief technical teams with implementation-ready specs

What you’ll walk away with

Two implementation-ready documents you build during the program, ready to present to leadership, your team or client.

DELIVERABLE 1

Agentic AI Strategy Document

Your organization’s AI vision and opportunity map — ready to present to stakeholders.

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Opportunity Scan — Where AI creates value across your workflows

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Prioritization Matrix — Which opportunities to pursue first

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Strategic Rationale — Why AI, why now, and where you're heading

DELIVERABLE 2

Agentic AI Framework

A complete workflow redesign—ready for compliance review and technical handoff.

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Workflow Redesign — Current state → agent-first design

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Governance Structure — Human-in-the-loop protocols, compliance requirement mapping, accountability framework

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Implementation Roadmap — Pilot plan with success metrics

Example agents you’ll have frameworks to design

Apply what you learn to the workflows that matter in your setting

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Triage Assistant

Pre-visit symptom assessment and clinical routing

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Prior Authorization Agent

Insurance verification and approval workflow

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Clinical Trial Recruitment Agent

Eligibility screening and enrollment workflow

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PHI Guardian

Access control, audit logging, compliance monitoring

Every framework is built for regulated healthcare—PHI protections, audit trails, and compliance requirements are the foundation, not an afterthought.

A personalized learning experience that adapts to you

Not pre-recorded videos with generic case studies. A curriculum that responds to your context.

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Personalized daily content

AI-generated audio summaries and readings tailored to your progress and role

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AI tutor that knows your goals

Trained on the curriculum and your deliverables—available 24/7 for guidance

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Live sessions with faculty

Direct interaction with Harvard and HMS faculty, and HDSR Board Members - not pre-recorded

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Built for your organization

Your workflows, your compliance requirements, your strategy—not hypotheticals

2.5 weeks

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2 hours daily

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Fits around your schedule

Your learning journey

Three phases. A clear arc from understanding to implementation.

PHASE 1

Foundations

Agentic AI, ethics & value chain analysis

Conceptual, historical, and ethical perspectives

PHASE 2

Design

AGENT framework & workflow redesign

Organizational, clinical, and operational perspectives

PHASE 3

Implementation

Impact evaluation & change leadership

Data-analytical perspective

Your certificate

Upon completion, receive a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Data Science Initiative recognizing your proficiency in healthcare AI workflow design.

  • Official Harvard Data Science Initiative certification
  • Shareable on LinkedIn
  • Demonstrates healthcare AI leadership
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From the Agentic AI Intensive

Named by Forbes as a top course to master AI agents

“The most interactive, hands-on AI learning I've had in any coursework—and I have a PhD and master's in medical informatics.”

Charlie Kesinger

PhD, Master's in Medical Informatics

“The AGENT method gave me a structured, repeatable way to evaluate use cases. I feel ready to lead agentic AI projects.”

Kelly Ragona

Director PMO, AliMed

“Architecting agentic workflows, evaluating safety and governance—these are execution tools already driving impact in my work.”

Rani Tiwari

Enterprise Leader

Your Faculty

Harvard faculty, Harvard Data Science Review board members, and industry practitioners bridging data science, healthcare, and AI strategy.

Curriculum based on Harvard Data Science Review research including the special issue “Future Shock: Grappling With the Generative AI Revolution.”

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Prof. Xiao-Li Meng

Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics, Harvard University

Founding Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Data Science Review and former Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Recipient of the COPSS Presidents' Award and elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pioneers advances in statistical methodology, data quality assessment, and the foundational principles of data science.

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Prof. José Zubizarreta

Daniel C. Tosteson Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Associate Editor at Harvard Data Science Review and Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Recipient of the 2025 ASA Health Policy Statistics Mid-Career Excellence Award. Drives innovation in causal inference methods, data science foundations, and AI evaluation to advance healthcare.

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Prof. Stephanie Dick

Associate Professor of Communication, Simon Fraser University

Co-editor of the "Mining the Past" column at Harvard Data Science Review and former Junior Fellow with the Harvard Society of Fellows. Co-organizer of the Cambridge Mellon Sawyer Seminar, "Histories of AI: A Genealogy of Power." Provides historical context for the agentic AI era and ethical frameworks for AI governance in healthcare.

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Assoc. Prof Zirui Song, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Editor of JAMA Health Forum. Former Medicare policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Bridges health economics and clinical practice to illuminate the policy landscape for AI adoption in healthcare.

Ulla Kruhse-Lehtonen

Dr. Ulla Kruhse-Lehtonen

Co-Founder & CEO, DAIN Studios Finland

Harvard Data Science Review Board Member and co-creator of the AGENT Framework. Previously headed data and AI departments at Sanoma Media and Nokia. Leads hands-on sessions on agentic workflow design and enterprise AI strategy.

Dirk Hofmann

Dirk Hofmann

Co-Founder & CEO, DAIN Studios Germany

Harvard Data Science Review Board Member and co-creator of the AGENT Framework. Previously headed global data and AI initiatives at Siemens, Nokia, and Deutsche Telekom. Leads hands-on sessions on agentic workflow design and enterprise AI transformation.

Spring 2026 cohort now forming

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Live with HDSR Faculty

Weekly sessions, not recorded lectures

AI-Personalized Learning

Adapts frameworks to your context

Agentic AI Focus

Not in most programs

Applied Outputs

Real strategy docs

Common Questions

No. You’ll design workflows, not code them. Your technical teams implement what you design.

Compliance is woven throughout—PHI protections, audit trails, and human-in-the-loop controls are core to every framework.

No. This program focuses on healthcare operations and workflows—not diagnostic medicine or clinical decision support. If you're looking to improve diagnostic accuracy or clinical decision-making at the point of care, this isn't the right fit. If you're interested in how AI transforms operational infrastructure (intake, authorization, documentation, coordination), this is purpose-built for that.

Yes. AI tutoring personalizes frameworks to your context—health system, specialty practice, payer, or life sciences.

Recordings available within 2 hours. Most learning is asynchronous, at your pace.

Healthcare-specific: clinical and operational examples, PHI requirements, and regulatory frameworks built into every module.

8–12 hours per week. About 2 hours daily of self-paced work, plus 60–90 minute live sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The core AGENT Framework applies globally. Regulatory examples focus on US requirements (HIPAA, FDA, state laws). International participants successfully apply the methodology to their own regulatory contexts.

This isn't about adopting another technology. It's about leading healthcare through its most significant operational transformation.

View the course outline to see the full curriculum, clinical examples, and how AI personalization works for your context.

Course duration

2.5 Weeks

Duration

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