10/31/2025
Healthcare is setting the pace for enterprise AI adoption.
Long dismissed as a digital laggard that trailed years behind every major innovation wave, healthcare has flipped the script. The $4.9 trillion industry,1 which represents one-fifth of the U.S. economy2 but accounts for only 12% percent of software spend,3 is now deploying AI at more than twice the rate (2.2x) of the broader economy.
New research found that 22% of healthcare organizations have implemented domain-specific AI tools, a 7x increase over 2024 and 10x over 2023. Health systems lead with 27% adoption, followed by outpatient providers at 18% and payers at 14%. Life sciences companies are earlier in their journey but moving quickly, developing proprietary models built on decades of internal data to accelerate drug development. By contrast, AI adoption across the broader economy lags behind. Fewer than one in 10 companies (9%) has implemented AI,4 and most rely on general tools like enterprise ChatGPT instead of purpose-built solutions.
What’s driving the urgency? Industry conditions and market dynamics have made AI a strategic priority.
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