NEJM Catalyst: AI in Healthcare Hits Inflection Point — Beyond Scribes
March 2026 NEJM Catalyst special issue on AI implementation, guest-edited by UCSF Health Chief AI Officer Sara Murray. AI is moving from R&D to real-world deployment. Beyond ambient scribes (the fastest health tech adoption in history), the issue examines care coordination, population health, and revenue cycle AI.
Key insight: translating hype into ROI depends on implementation science fundamentals.
Key takeaways
- Guest-edited by UCSF Health Chief AI Officer Sara Murray — signals institutional legitimacy
- Ambient scribes = fastest health tech adoption in history — but that's just the beginning
- Next wave: AI for care coordination, population health, and revenue cycle optimization
- Key insight: translating AI hype into ROI depends on implementation science fundamentals
Primary source
NEJM CatalystFQHC Talent. (2026, March 1). NEJM Catalyst: AI in Healthcare Hits Inflection Point — Beyond Scribes. Primary source: NEJM Catalyst. Retrieved June 12, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/nejm-ai-inflection-point
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