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Sam Davis Jr., in the second part of our interview, says meeting regularly with surgical staff and building trust in its predictive analytics helped Rush University Medical Center enhance OR efficiency and forecast surgical demand with 90% accuracy.

According to healthcare leaders, 2025 was a pivotal year for AI and digital health, marked by technological progress, a shifting focus on its role in healthcare and practical use cases driving its adoption.

Sam Davis Jr. of Rush University Medical Center says adopting analytics enabled the system to align staffing, equipment and surgeon block time with real demand, delivering 12x ROI and improving patient outcomes.

According to Rom Eizenberg, Kontakt.io's chief revenue officer, hospitals in 2026 will deploy AI to track people, space and equipment and to optimize length of stay, which can help reverse losses and increase profitability.

Charles N. Kahn III, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals and cofounder of Future of Health, discusses inconsistent and diminishing federal data collection and the urgent need to rebuild trust in the public health sector.

Industry leaders say 2025 marked AI’s shift from hype to practical impact, though the technology remains unready for full-scale adoption and ongoing concerns about ethics and bias persist.

Executives say they’re underprepared for challenges ranging from AI to cost containment.

The company closed after failing to secure additional investment due to regulatory uncertainty and delayed action on extending the Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver Program.

Dr. Ronald Whelan, CEO of South Africa's Discovery Health, discusses how the insurer uses a shared-value model supported by wearables, data and rewards to incentivize healthier habits.

Ciba Health collaborates with Canadian health benefits administrator Quikcard, and Octave Bioscience signs a partnership agreement with Quest Diagnostics.