This month: The AMA finds four in five doctors now use AI in their practice, double the share from 2023. Also inside, Nvidia's State of AI in Healthcare 2026, Rock Health's consumer chatbot adoption data, and more.

Epic released its physician assistant AI tool, which users like. Aledade and Guidehealth named top VBC enablement firms, according to an evaluation from KLAS Research. And CVS Health is using generative agent simulations to help guide decision making with the support of Simile's model that uses data about individuals to simulate how they might respond.

Specialty EMRs continue to thrive in many ambulatory segments, with Modernizing Medicine rated number one in 11 specialties. AI is used to improve operational efficiency more than to reinvent care delivery. OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health. And Novo Nordisk landed FDA approval for its Wegovy pill.

In our year in review issue, Epic continued to dominate the US acute EHR market and pull further ahead in global share. We reported on over a hundred innovations in clinical AI. Retail health players recalibrated in 2025. And Hinge Health and Omada broke the digital health IPO drought.

KLAS Research reports on software and services vendors that are consistent high performers. Summit Advisors highlights real-world data platforms. Smartwatches are found to possess excellent diagnostic accuracy at detecting AFib. And IQVIA does a deep dive on emerging biopharma companies.

We look at Epic’s EHR platform network effects. Health plans and health systems have increased their investments in digital health solutions. Finnish smart ring maker Oura gets a $900 million funding round. And the back office is front and center in digital health funding.