Becker's Healthcare December 30, 2025
Across healthcare, providers are rapidly deploying tools such as ambient clinical documentation, while payers are adopting AI-powered agents for a growing range of operational and administrative use cases.
Looking ahead to 2026, Becker’s Healthcare recently spoke with Jesse Cugliotta, Global Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Snowflake, about the current state of AI adoption in healthcare and how he expects trends like agentic AI, real-time AI capabilities and the use of data will evolve.
Note: Mr. Cugliotta will explore these predictions and related trends in greater depth during a webinar on January 15, 2026. More information here.
Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Question: AI adoption in healthcare is occurring faster than previous technology waves. What’s driving...







