Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
While the majority of Americans still turn to physicians or other medical professionals for medical advice, 16% are relying on AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini, Gallup found. That number could increase in the months and years to…
Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care has launched a cardiovascular screening program in partnership with Bunkerhill Health. The program applies Bunkerhill Health’s AI platform to clinical data from patients’ routine chest CT scans previously performed for other medical reasons, according…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and pharmaceutical giant Merck are teaming up to leverage AI for drug discovery and development. The partnership will meld clinical insights from Mayo Clinic Platform, the health system’s digital health and data analytics arm, with Merck’s…
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital does not love pilots, Scott Arnold, executive vice president and chief digital and innovation officer of the health system, told Becker’s. “In healthcare, pilots often become a slow ‘no.’ We prefer to test quickly and scale…
Charleston, S.C-based MUSC Health, Peoria, Ill-based OSF HealthCare, Kettering (Ohio) Health, and Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare have deployed an AI-powered contract intelligence platform from startup SpendRule. The solution validates invoices against contract terms in real time prior to making payments.…
Houston Methodist has deployed an AI platform for clinical documentation and revenue integrity across its ambulatory, emergency and inpatient settings. The health system is rolling out the platform enterprisewide to support clinicians and nurses with documentation and clinical workflows, according…
Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health is helping physicians understand the algorithms behind the AI tools they use for documentation and clinical decision support. “The American Medical Association has made it clear: Physicians need AI literacy,” David Cha, MD, associate chief medical…
The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston has approved the creation of an AI Center for Health Innovation and Informatics to coordinate and accelerate the responsible use of AI across the enterprise. The action came during the board’s February…
An Expanded Framework for Governing Autonomous Clinical Systems Abstract Artificial intelligence in medicine has advanced from narrow diagnostic classifiers to agentic systems capable of longitudinal clinical reasoning, autonomous planning, and sustained patient interaction. As these systems approach and, on certain…
Healthcare organizations are showing growing interest in agentic AI, but most remain in the early stages of adoption, according to new research from Microsoft and the Health Management Academy. The findings, published in the January 2026 issue of The New…