Increased emphasis on creating a connected care continuum was deemed one of the key health tech trends to watch in 2026. Looking at the big picture of care delivery, it’s easy to see why. Information that remains in silos contributes to a deeply disjointed experience for patients and clinicians alike, especially amid the industry’s push to move care to the setting best suited to...

Clinician shortages are forcing hospitals to rethink how they plan and deploy their workforce, with many turning to predictive scheduling systems to better match staffing levels with fluctuating patient demand. Built on data analytics and artificial intelligence, predictive scheduling platforms analyze historical and real-time operational data to forecast patient volume and alig...

Health systems face the growing risk of IT outages caused by ransomware and other cyber-attacks, forcing healthcare leaders to rethink how care continues after critical systems go offline. For CISOs, IT directors and clinical operations leaders, the priority must be ensuring clinicians can safely treat patients without access to electronic health records, diagnostic systems and ...

Some of the most recognizable names in the generative artificial intelligence space have announced expanded services geared to healthcare and life sciences. At the start of 2026, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude shared their respective solutions meant to support consumers with their health or providers with their workflows. And more than 40% of physicians in the U.S. repo...