A strategic research report by Hospitalogy Intelligence, in collaboration with Innovaccer

Autonomous Healthcare Is Here: The 2026 Health System Paradigm Shift

Explore the most consequential shift in healthcare since the EHR, where AI moves beyond efficiency, consumerism accelerates change, and health systems must redesign how work gets done to survive and lead.

Key Insights at a Glance

The Autonomy Era Begins

How AI is redefining health system strategy beyond efficiency gains

The Innovation Paradox

Why incremental adoption is failing, and what leaders must do differently

Where Pressure Is Mounting

The economic, workforce, and payor forces accelerating transformation

From Tools to Orchestration

How AI platforms and systems of intelligence unlock real enterprise change

AI adoption timelines are compressing. Consumer expectations are accelerating. Margins are under siege. The health systems that win in the next decade will not be those that adopt more tools, but those that redesign how work gets done.

       Healthcare is entering a moment where efficiency gains alone are no longer enough. The path forward is autonomy, AI-enabled operating models that reduce low-value administrative work and allow systems to function as a coordinated whole. This report shows how health systems can build resilience by redesigning how work gets done, while improving experience across the enterprise.

Abhinav Shashank

CEO & Co-founder
Innovaccer