AI adoption in medical practices is growing steadily, with most providers seeing positive ROI. But progress depends on overcoming integration, skills, and trust barriers to focus AI where it delivers real clinical and operational support.

As the healthcare industry continues to embrace digital transformation, the benefits of AI in healthcare—whether improving workflows or enhancing patient outcomes—are becoming clear. Medical practices have been using AI-enabled tools to meet demanding operational goals and optimize workflows.

While AI is indeed playing a significant role in so many practices, a close look at exactly how it’s doing can help decision-makers and executive leaders understand what they have to do to keep up with the competition.

Software Advice’s 2026 Medical Software Trends survey provides crucial perspective. It collected responses from 400 U.S.-based healthcare providers spanning a range of practice types and sizes. The respondents also hailed from several specialties, providing a well-rounded, general snapshot of how AI is playing a role in healthcare in 2026.

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