January 20, 2026- Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve healthcare delivery, but uneven adoption and implementation can reinforce existing care gaps and inefficiencies. A nationwide analysis published Jan. 15 in Nature Health analyzed data from 3,560 US hospitals using the 2023 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey, the 2023–2024 AHA Information Technology Supplement, community-level socioeconomic indicators, and the 2023–2025 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hospital quality metrics to examine where AI is implemented, what factors are associated with implementation and the patterns of early AI adoption across geographical regions. It was found that hospital AI implementation is considerably clustered, with hotspots and cold spots of adoption.
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