The shift to small, domain-specific AI models is the most important and least-discussed infrastructure decision healthcare leaders will make this decade. Healthcare Team Discussing AI Tool Recommendations in Clinical Setting – Illustration Everyone is talking about AI in healthcare. Very few are talking about which AI and that distinction is now worth billions of dollars, thousands of compliance headaches, and ultimately, patient lives. For the past three years, most healt

Understanding healthcare cost trends in 2026 starts with what is happening right now in Massachusetts. A recent investigative report from South Shore News pulled back the curtain on a financial crisis quietly unfolding across Massachusetts municipalities. One that is forcing towns to choose between healthcare costs and basic public services. While the article is firmly rooted in Massachusetts-specific policy, the economic forces driving the crisis are anything but local. Thi

The question isn't whether your AI passed the test. It's whether the test was asking the right questions. Every week, another healthcare organization announces it is deploying AI. Ambient clinical documentation. Revenue cycle automation. Front desk AI. Predictive risk stratification. The pace of adoption is accelerating and that is, in many ways, exciting. But here is the question we are not asking loudly enough: How do we actually know if these AI tools are safe, accurate, a