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An artificial intelligence–powered system developed at Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation has tripled the speed of fax processing and cut a full week off the new-patient intake process, freeing up thousands of staff hours.

An innovative Penn Medicine program, Practical Alternative to Hospitalization, showed the impact of offering certain patients acute care in the comfort of their homes instead of being admitted to the hospital. Learnings from the PATH program are informing a new Hospital at Home program launching in 2026.

This year’s Nudges in Health Care Symposium, an event where clinical researchers and industry leaders exchange findings and perspectives on behavioral science in health care, explored “megastudies” that test multiple interventions simultaneously, AI integration in clinical settings, and experiments from across the globe.