This month: A Bain and KLAS report sees four core priorities for US providers (ambient scribes, RCM, call centers, and administration), with payers focused largely on call centers. New modeling finds AI could close 37% of healthcare's projected 2040 workforce gap, though training and retention investment closes even more (57%). And OpenAI reveals that some of its AI agents have gone rogue and reports on what it intends to do about it.

This month: Redesign Health finds that 71% of Epic customers see themselves as Epic-first, and 91% trust Epic will keep pace with the market. Private equity firms are using joint ventures with nonprofit hospitals to expand their footprint, potentially sidestepping the oversight an outright acquisition would trigger. Pew Research finds 72% of Americans want to be told when AI is used in their care, though 46% don't know if it already has been.

This month: Abridge maps out its strategy to connect health systems, payers, and pharma using real-time patient data at the point of care, and announces partnerships with Eli Lilly and Nvidia. Also inside, new research finds AI models score in the 90s on medical knowledge benchmarks but fall to the mid-40s when tested on real clinical language, and Rock Health finds 57% of US adults now own a wearable, with 59% sharing that data with their providers.

This month: KLAS Research confirms Epic's continued dominance of the acute care EHR market, with 57% of hospital beds. Also inside, AVIA's buyers guide for virtual nursing breaks down the ten core capabilities health systems should be evaluating, five leading health systems share how they're putting AI to work, and a new Ipsos analysis finds consumer brands and healthcare organizations converging on the same territory, with neither side having clear ownership yet.

This month: A new analysis compares Big Tech's consumer health AI tools across capabilities, access, and safety features. Also inside, a look at the busy AI drug discovery landscape, Cigna topping JD Power's digital experience rankings among commercial plans, and IKS Health's acquisitions of ThinkDTM and TruBridge.

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.

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.