HIT Consultant December 17, 2025
What You Should Know:
– A new market survey from Carta Healthcare reveals that hospital leaders are overwhelmingly rejecting fully autonomous AI in favor of “hybrid intelligence” models that pair technology with clinical expertise.
– With 62.5% of respondents citing data misinterpretation as a critical risk of “black box” systems, the industry is cementing a preference for AI that augments rather than replaces human decision-making.
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