Hackensack Meridian Health has expanded its AI-powered clinical note summarization tool to 12 medical specialties, becoming the first U.S. health system to deploy a Gemini-based AI agent at scale.
The Edison, N.J.-based health system equips more than 7,000 clinicians across 18 hospitals and 500 care sites with the technology, according to an Oct. 16 news release.
Since the tool’s initial rollout in June 2025, it has assisted approximately 1,200 clinicians in generating more than 17,000 summaries, reducing administrative workload and freeing up time for patient care, Sameer Sethi, senior vice president and chief AI officer at Hackensack Meridian Health said in the release.
The health system has also introduced two additional AI agents powered by Google Cloud’s Gemini 2.5 platform:
- NICU nurse agent: Provides neonatal intensive care unit nurses with fast access to current best practices and internal policies.
- Lab values summarization agent: Identifies key lab trends and generates preventive care recommendations to accelerate patient communication.
Hackensack Meridian Health plans to further expand AI into clinical decision support, using the technology to analyze patient data, identify diagnostic and prognostic patterns, and anticipate which patients may need alternative care settings.
