{
  "id": 16217603,
  "title": "The World's Smartest Hospitals, Plus Epic's Next Agentic AI Move",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/the-worlds-smartest-hospitals-plus-epics-next-agentic-ai-move",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-23T18:54:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/pro-health-care-access-health-newsletter/the-worlds-smartest-hospitals-plus-epics-next-agentic-ai-move-access-health-12612752"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In October 2027, Newsweek and Statista unveiled their ranking of the world's top smart hospitals, recognizing 410 facilities for their adoption of advanced technologies. Mayo Clinic secured the number one position, followed by Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai Hospital. Statista's annual smart hospital maturity survey, which now encompasses over 200 hospitals, revealed that while foundational capabilities like infrastructure, governance, and auditing have seen consistent progress, the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption varies significantly across regions and institutions.\n\nThe survey found that hospitals in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions demonstrated the most substantial advancements in AI adoption among those participating in both the current and previous years. During a panel discussion, health care leaders from various environments, including Germany, the United States, Brazil, and India, shared their experiences with AI implementation. Dr. Yaron Elad of Cedars-Sinai discussed how the early use of AI-generated patient messages faced challenges, such as clinicians finding the responses too lengthy and creating additional work. Consequently, the health system adjusted the responses based on physician feedback.\n\nMeanwhile, Apollo Health Axis in India was leveraging AI to address the challenge of expanding access to care beyond traditional hospital settings. By utilizing wearable devices to monitor approximately 300,000 patients outside intensive care units over the past two years, Apollo has helped prevent cardiac arrests in several patients. Dr. Sai Praveen Haranath explained how Apollo developed lightweight, modular technologies designed to be deployed across its network, rather than relying exclusively on solutions tailored for other markets.\n\nThe discussion also brought news of Statista and ARC Global's plans to develop a global smart hospital database, enabling institutions to benchmark their digital transformation efforts and identify areas for improvement. The first version of the database is expected to be launched at the 2027 ARC Summit.",
  "summary": "Three U.S. hospitals topped the latest international ranking, while Epic unveiled a new product aimed at connection.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}