AI & Automation | Healthcare Brew

AI Scribes and Notetakers

AI in Healthcare

Clinical Decision Support (Tech)

Predictive Analytics (Tech)

Regulatory AI Oversight

An operating room with people wearing scrubs and a carrying case labeled "human organ"

Surgeon cautions against ‘blindly’ using AI for organ allocation

We talked with Henry Randall, president of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Caroline Catherman

A robot in doctor's white coat and stethoscope holding a clipboard

AI prescriptions are being tested in Utah

Nolla Health is piloting AI-issued topical acne prescriptions in the state.

Caroline Catherman

Hospital data partnerships

Does AI increase healthcare costs? This Blue Cross report says yes

This study adds to the ongoing debate over how AI should be implemented in healthcare.

A photo collage of a row of healthcare professionals with their arms crossed next to a doctor on a computer whose screen shows a healthcare cross made of binary code.

Is AI a Band-Aid for healthcare’s historic problems rather than a fix? A former insurance exec weighs in

“We should use AI to redesign processes, not just make broken processes faster,” he says.

A physician on a desktop computer that shows a healthcare cross made of binary code

AtlantiCare CEO on how he evaluates AI’s return on investment

He’s measuring the payoff in both minutes and margins.

Caroline Catherman

Photo collage of a robot hand holding a colorful feather quill up in the air, with rectangles filled with handwritten notes behind it, and glowing glitch effects all around.

Oracle summit unveils new oncology, revenue cycle AI tools

Between the Mickey Mouse pretzels and the AI safety talk, Oracle’s summit had range.

Caroline Catherman

Photo collage of a doctor speaking to a patient in the background, with a futuristic white robot typing on a laptop in the foreground.

AI 411: September 2026

Your monthly roundup of AI announcements is here.