Becker's Healthcare January 8, 2026
As AI accelerates across healthcare, some CIOs are deliberately slowing things down.
At South Shore Health, based in South Weymouth, Mass., the challenge isn’t a lack of interest in AI — it’s managing the volume of ideas, tools and requests pouring in, while keeping the organization focused on what actually improves care. For CIOs, the work has shifted from adoption to restraint.
When Sam Ash, MD, stepped into the CIO and vice president of IT and innovation role, his first priority wasn’t launching new AI initiatives. It was, as he put it, “taking stock of where we are so we could figure out where we need to go.”
Nearly every function in modern healthcare now depends on software, Dr. Ash...
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