Dive Brief:

Hospitals are increasingly using predictive artificial intelligence in healthcare delivery , but small, rural, independent and critical-access hospitals are lagging behind, according to data released Wednesday by the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

Use of AI rose from 2023 to 2024 across hospital types, according to the analysis. Still, some facilities are adopting the technology at much lower rates. For example, 86% of hospitals affiliated with health systems reported using predictive AI last year, compared with just 37% of independent facilities.

The data suggests a “persistent digital divide” in hospitals’ use of predictive AI, the researchers wrote.

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Predictive AI, which uses machine learning to

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