HealthcareFriday, February 27, 2026

AI Is Delivering Clear ROI in Healthcare, From Radiology to Drug Discovery

Source: NVIDIA Blog

TL;DR

NVIDIA's second annual State of AI in Healthcare survey reveals that 70% of organizations are actively using AI (up from 63%), with 85% of executives reporting revenue increases and 80% citing cost reductions. The industry is shifting from experimentation to execution.

Key Takeaways

  • 170% of healthcare organizations now actively use AI, up from 63% in 2024
  • 285% of executives say AI is increasing revenue, 80% say it reduces costs
  • 347% are already using or assessing agentic AI in healthcare
  • 4Drug discovery timelines are shrinking from years to months with AI-coupled lab systems
  • 5Open source models are moderately to extremely important to 82% of organizations

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