In a Healthcare Dive and Microsoft survey of 130 healthcare executives, published in March 2025, 42% planned to use an AI tool for clinical documentation by 2026, against 10% using one at the time.
42%
of executives planned AI documentation by 2026
In a Healthcare Dive and Microsoft survey of 130 healthcare executives, published in March 2025, 42% planned to use an AI tool for clinical documentation by 2026, against 10% using one at the time.
The article reported the gap as 320% growth. It compares plans with current use, so it does not measure growth in use.
Source: This healthcare AI use case will grow 320% by 2026, survey finds (opens in a new tab), Clinical documentation paragraph. Verified October 2026.
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Sources for the figures above: This healthcare AI use case will grow 320% by 2026, survey finds (opens in a new tab); HFMA, The healthcare C-suite of the future: From AI to ROI (2025) (opens in a new tab).
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Sources for the figures above: Multi-model assurance analysis showing large language models are highly vulnerable to adversarial hallucination attacks during clinical decision support (opens in a new tab); HFMA, The healthcare C-suite of the future: From AI to ROI (2025) (opens in a new tab).
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