A 507-respondent Black Book Research poll finds hospital AI has moved from pilot projects into daily EHR workflows, but a composite readiness score of just 94.9 out of 200 shows governance and clinician trust still lag far behind adoption.
Function Health has secured $450 million in non-dilutive growth financing from General Catalyst, just eight months after a $298 million Series B, to scale an AI system that turns lab tests and body scans into personalized risk profiles.
A WHO/Europe report finds 74% of EU member states now use AI for medical diagnostics and 63% use patient-facing chatbots, but warns that workforce training on AI's limits is lagging just as EU AI Act transparency rules for medical devices take effect on August 2, 2026.
Insilico Medicine's rentosertib, a lung disease drug whose target and molecule were both discovered by generative AI, has entered Phase III trials after showing measurable lung-function gains in an earlier study.
UnitedHealth Group is investing $3 billion in AI across 2026 and 2027 and says it is already seeing roughly $2 in value for every $1 spent, through lower administrative costs and higher productivity.
Atlantic Health and K Health launched PatientGPT, an AI tool wired into MyChart medical records, to help 7.5 million New Jersey residents get guided to the right level of care.
Advocate Health, Mount Sinai, Northwell and nine other health systems caring for nearly 20 million patients a year have formed a Diagnostic AI Consortium with Aidoc to standardize how AI is used in radiology.
Ahead of a possible October IPO that could value it near $2 trillion, Anthropic is telling investors its healthcare and life-sciences push is central to its future — and to fixing public wariness of AI.
An APA survey of 1,242 psychologists found over 75 percent have patients discussing AI in therapy, with 93 percent expressing concern about chatbot use even as many acknowledged some patients feel supported by it.
Dexcom's over-the-counter Stelo biosensor added AI-powered Smart Food Logging in February 2026, drawing on a database of over one million foods to link meals, activity, and glucose trends.