Black Book Poll of 507 Health Leaders Finds AI Is Inside the EHR Now, but Nobody Can Scale It Safely Yet
Black Book Research has released results from its AI in the EHR Adoption Readiness Poll, a survey of 507 healthcare...
Year: 2026
Function Health Raises $450 Million to Prove AI-Powered Preventive Care Beats Waiting to Get Sick
Function Health, the Texas-based startup that sells direct-to-consumer lab testing and full-body imaging, has secured $450 million in non-dilutive growth...
WHO Finds 74% of EU Countries Now Use AI for Medical Diagnosis, but Workforce Training Lags
Nearly three in four European Union member states are now using artificial intelligence to assist with medical diagnostics, according to...
A Drug Designed Entirely by AI Reaches Its Final Round of Human Testing
In July 2026, Insilico Medicine announced it had begun a Phase III clinical trial for rentosertib, a drug for idiopathic...
UnitedHealth Says Its $3 Billion AI Bet Is Already Paying Back 2-to-1
UnitedHealth Group, the country's largest health insurer, told investors this year that it plans to invest $3 billion in artificial...
New Jersey Hospital Network Puts an AI Doctor’s Assistant Inside Your Patient Portal
Atlantic Health System, one of New Jersey's largest hospital networks, and K Health, a digital health company, announced on August...
Twelve Major Hospital Systems Join Forces With Aidoc to Fix AI Diagnosis at Scale
Twelve of the United States' largest health systems announced in August 2026 that they are forming a Diagnostic AI Consortium...
Anthropic Bets Its IPO Pitch on Hospitals and Biology, Not Chatbots
When Anthropic executives sat down with prospective investors this month, they did not lead with chatbots. According to reporting on...
Most Psychologists Say Patients Are Bringing AI Chatbots Into Therapy, APA Survey Finds
More than three-quarters of practicing psychologists say their patients are now discussing artificial intelligence in therapy sessions, according to a...
Dexcom’s Stelo Adds AI Meal Logging, Pushing Glucose Monitors Toward Everyday Nutrition Coaching
Dexcom, best known for continuous glucose monitors used by people with diabetes, announced on February 4, 2026 that its over-the-counter...
