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Laura Craft
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Data and Analytics
- Culture
- Strategic Planning and Execution
Speaker Bio
Laura Craft is a Vice President, Analyst in Gartner's Healthcare Industry's Research group. Her research focuses on all aspects of data, analytics and AI including strategy, governance, architecture, and interoperability.
Ms. Craft brings more than 35 years of experience in healthcare across data and analytics, strategic planning and industry trends to clients. She is highly skilled in guiding health systems in the development, planning and execution of strategies that optimize the value of data, analytics and AI. She is passionate about helping healthcare organizations realize the power of data, insight and knowledge to transform healthcare and improve global health.
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Ms. Craft brings more than 35 years of experience in healthcare across data and analytics, strategic planning and industry trends to clients. She is highly skilled in guiding health systems in the development, planning and execution of strategies that optimize the value of data, analytics and AI. She is passionate about helping healthcare organizations realize the power of data, insight and knowledge to transform healthcare and improve global health.
Sessions
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM EDT
Healthcare and Life Sciences Networking Breakfast: The Future is Intelligent Health
Laura Craft,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Mandi Bishop,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Animesh Gandhi,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Kickstart your morning with sharp AI insights from healthcare and life sciences industry experts, then dive into energized, peer-driven table sessions. Swap ideas and tackle real-world challenges in implementing and scaling generative and agentic AI—leaving with fresh strategies and powerful connections!
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025 04:45 PM - 05:15 PM EDT
Healthcare: Building Trusted Foundations for Resilience Through Prolonged Uncertainty
Laura Craft,
VP Analyst, Gartner
From economic to supply chain to regulatory, the healthcare industry faces critical uncertainties across their business. Charting a path to intelligent health, an industry vision marked access to insights in real-time across the ecosystem, helps build resiliency into the business of medicine. Attend this session to discover the no-regret, must-have investments to navigate your path to resilience.
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Thursday, October 23, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
Ask the Expert: How to Unlock Intelligent Health Through Safe and Responsible Data Sharing
Laura Craft,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Intelligent health is a vision for healthcare's future that harnesses the ever-increasing volume, variety and velocity of data. This helps to anticipate and move interventions to a broader range of moments that matter as they unfold without time or location constraints — improving both business agility and clinical outcomes. Join this session to explore ways to safely and responsibly share data to achieve this vision.
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