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Ignite, Inspire, Innovate: NUS-ISS spotlights possibilities and impact for the next phase of AI transformation while strengthening support for SMEs at its Annual Luncheon
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The event celebrates partnership milestones, learners’ journeys and highlights NUS-ISS’ industry-wide focus on AI transformation, alongside initiatives such as the Show Me Your Agents Hackathon and ALPS programme to help SMEs address real business challenges.
SINGAPORE, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NUS-ISS is strengthening its efforts to support industries and organisations as they navigate the next phase of AI transformation, while expanding practical support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to turn business challenges into actionable solutions.
These efforts were spotlighted at the NUS-ISS Annual Luncheon 2026, themed “IGNITE. INSPIRE. INNOVATE.” held at Conrad Singapore Orchard and graced by Guest-of-Honour Dr Syed Harun Alhabsyi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of National Development. The event brought together industry partners, alumni, learners, and staff to reflect on the institute’s milestones and look ahead to a world where AI is reshaping both work and leadership.
Turning business challenges into AI solutions
A key highlight was the prize presentation for the NUS-ISS Show Me Your Agents Hackathon. Powered by AWS and supported by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), the hackathon challenged SMEs, students, professionals, start-ups and technology enthusiasts to develop AI agent-powered solutions to real business problems. A total of 440 participants across 114 teams took part, with 10 finalist teams pitching their solutions at the Finale Demo Day on 10 October 2026.
The winners are:
SME category
Public category
1st prize
Team Name: Team Interns
Mr Sim Yong En Ivan
Ms Caroline Goh Qian Hui
Ms Chee Lexi
Ms Tan Jianzhen
Team Name: Questbond
Ms Fang Xinyi
Ms T. Keerthi Reddy
Mr Pavan Nagur
Ms Wu Yushan
Special awards sponsored by SBF went to Team: MOSS (SME Ready Award), Team: AI’ve Got This (Best Agents Use Award) and Team: Binary Beast (Social Impact Award).
More information on the hackathon is available in the accompanying media factsheet.
NUS-ISS is also piloting the Active Learning for Problem Solving (ALPS) programme with SBF member companies to help businesses move from recognising the need for transformation to identifying what they can do next. Working with their own organisational challenges, business leaders are guided to rethink existing approaches, develop potential solutions and move promising ideas towards pilot-ready implementation.
Together, the Show Me Your Agents Hackathon and ALPS provide complementary pathways for SMEs to experiment with new technologies and apply them to real business needs. They form part of NUS-ISS’ broader work with industry to build the capabilities organisations need as AI becomes increasingly embedded in operations, decision-making and value creation.
Building AI-ready capabilities through industry partnerships
Long-standing industry partnerships are also translating learning into workplace capabilities.
Through its partnership with NUS-ISS, which began in 2019, NCS employees have completed 1,706 Graduate Certificates, enabling them to progressively build new capabilities while applying their learning on the job. In 2026, 68 NCS employees were conferred the Master of Technology in Software Engineering or Enterprise Business Analytics.
Since 2025, ST Engineering has trained more than 800 employees through its partnership with NUS-ISS, contributing to its goal of expanding its pool of AI engineers and developers from 2,000 to 5,000 over the next two years. The NUS-ISS programme equips ST Engineering engineers with AI capabilities to augment their deep domain expertise so as to scale innovation and solutions that address real-world customer needs. It remains fully subscribed each month, reflecting sustained demand for these capabilities.
NUS-ISS is also expanding its learning pathways as technology reshapes professional roles. Its new part-time Master of Science in Enterprise Digital Technology Management will welcome its first intake in 2027. The programme is a fully stackable pathway for technology management professionals to bridge business strategy and technical implementation.
“The question for organisations is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to make it work for their people and their business,” said Mr Khoong Chan Meng, Chief Executive Officer of NUS-ISS. “As AI continues to evolve, organisations will need both the technology capabilities and the people capabilities to use it meaningfully. At the same time, we recognise that SMEs may face different challenges in making transformation happen. Through initiatives such as the Hackathon and ALPS, alongside our continued partnerships with the industry and new learning pathways, we want to provide practical opportunities for businesses to experiment, solve real problems and translate ideas into meaningful outcomes”.
About National University of Singapore (NUS)
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is Singapore’s flagship university, which offers a global approach to education, research and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. We have 15 colleges, faculties and schools across three campuses in Singapore, with more than 40,000 students from 100 countries enriching our vibrant and diverse campus community. We have also established about 15 NUS Overseas Colleges entrepreneurial hubs around the world.
Our multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enables us to work closely with industry, governments and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world. Researchers in our faculties, research centres of excellence, corporate labs and more than 30 university-level research institutes focus on themes that include energy; environmental and urban sustainability; treatment and prevention of diseases; active ageing; advanced materials; risk management and resilience of financial systems; Asian studies; and Smart Nation capabilities such as artificial intelligence, data science, operations research and cybersecurity.
For more information on NUS, please visit nus.edu.sg.
About NUS-ISS
Established in 1981, NUS-ISS nurtures digital talent for the industry through graduate education, executive education programmes, consultancy, applied research, and career services. NUS-ISS guides individuals and organisations to bridge future opportunities through a unique portfolio of multiple learning pathways such as blended learning and stackable programmes, leading the way in shaping the next curve of digital excellence. It offers a wide spectrum of programmes in critical industry disciplines, such as digital leadership, software development, data science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, product management, smart health and digital innovation.
To date, close to 216,000 digital leaders and professionals from across 8,854 corporate client organisations, and 10,059 graduate programmes alumni have benefitted from NUS-ISS’ suite of services. Its programmes are delivered by NUS-ISS staff with an average of more than 20 years of industry experience and supported by a strong network of partners. NUS-ISS also works with industry partners and associations locally and globally to co-create a digital learning ecosystem that inspires and shapes solutions for the digital economy.
For more information visit, www.iss.nus.edu.sg
Show Me Your Agents Hackathon – Media Fact Sheet
The NUS-ISS Show Me Your Agents Hackathon is an open innovation competition that aims to bridge the gap between agentic AI and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore. It is organised by NUS-ISS, powered by AWS, and supported by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF).
The hackathon runs in two categories: SME and Public. Ten finalist teams – five per category – pitched at Finale Demo Day on Saturday, 10 October 2026. Winners will be announced at the NUS-ISS Annual Luncheon on 19 October 2026.
The objectives
Encourage the practical application of agentic AI to address real SME business challenges.Empower Singapore SMEs to explore AI-driven productivity and business transformation opportunitiesDevelop pilot-ready prototypes that can be adopted, adapted, and built upon beyond the hackathon
The challenge
Teams will design, build and pitch AI agent-powered solutions to six categories of SME business problem statements curated in advance and revealed at the kickoff briefing.
The six categories are:
Administrative automationCustomer service Sales and marketing Supply chain and operations Knowledge management AI assistants
The solutions developed will be judged based on seven categories:
Relevance to SME needsFeasibility to deploy or pilotSecure and responsible designSound technical architectureEffective use of agentic AIMeasurable business impactClear, structured and compelling presentation
Who can join
Category
SME
Public
Who
SME owners, employees or
official representatives solving
their own business challenge
Students, researchers, startups,
professionals and tech enthusiasts
not representing an SME
Team size
2 to 4 members, at least one
with technical skills
4 members
Problem
Their own SME’s business
challenge
Official SME problem statements
shared at kickoff
Conditions
Annual turnover of S$100
million or less; proof of SME
affiliation may be required
–
The timeline
5 September: Kickoff session7-25 September: Build phase28 September: Final submission, with five teams per category being shortlisted 10 October: Finale Demo Day, with 10 finalist teams pitching to judges19 October: Prize presentation and showcase at the NUS-ISS Annual Luncheon 2026
Judges
Qualifying Round
Name
Designation
Organisation
Mr Calvin Chu
Partner, Strategy &
Transactions
EY-Parthenon
Mr Kenneth Zhu
Managing Director and
Head of Data Science
OCBC Bank
Ms Neha Kumar Saraf
Senior Director
Visa
Mr Wilson Wan
Delivery Lead
NTT
Dr Wang Yunlong
Senior Scientist and Group
Manager
A*STAR
Finale Round
Name
Designation
Organisation
Ms Amy Huang
Director, Executive
Education Programmes
and Chief, Digital Products
& Platforms Practice
NUS-ISS
Mr Vishesh Kumar
Head of Modernization &
AI Transformation
AWS
Mr Lee Yee Fung
Chief Smart Technologies
Officer
Singapore Business
Federation
Mr Brandon Lee
Chief Futures
Management Board
SWDA
NUS-ISS
Mr Luis Carlos Cruz
Huertas
Executive Director & Head
of AI and Data Platforms,
Group Transformation &
Data
DBS Bank
Mr Shamir Rahim
Founder
Management Board
VersaFleet
NUS-ISS
Participation Figures
Public Teams
SME Teams
Total participation
Kickoff – 5 Sep
90
24
440
Final Submission –
28 Sep
54
10
64 teams
216 participants
The Prizes
Each category (SME and Public) crowns its own top three.
Placing (per category)
Prize
1st
US$3,000 in AWS cloud credits
2nd
US$2,000 in AWS cloud credits
3rd
US$1,000 in AWS cloud credits
Special awards sponsored by SBF (cash prize of $1,000 each)
SME Ready Award: the most deployment-ready solution in an SME contextBest Agents Use Award: the most innovative and effective use of agentic AISocial Impact Award: the greatest potential benefit to community or society
The Results
SME category
Public category
1st prize
Team Name: Team Interns
Mr Sim Yong En Ivan
Ms Caroline Goh Qian Hui
Ms Chee Lexi
Ms Tan Jianzhen
Team Name: Questbond
Ms Fang Xinyi
Ms T. Keerthi Reddy
Mr Pavan Nagur
Ms Wu Yushan
2nd prize
Team Name: MOSS
Ms Jiang Zining
Mr Chen Kaiwen
Ms Ma Yuchen
Team Name: AI’ve Got This
Mr Deen Al Eusuf
Mr Ng Yao Zhen Eugene
Mr Khant Phone Sett
Mr Lim Zhen Eu Damon
3rd prize
Team Name: Mintang
Mr Cui Zixuan
Ms Dong Yufei
Mr Liu Jingxuan
Mr Luo Wenjie
Team Name: Binary Beasts
Mr Deniz Balakrishnan
Mr Ries Joos
Mr Lucas Chen
Mr Christopher Chen
Special
Awards
SME Ready Award
Team Name: MOSS
Ms Jiang Zining
Mr Chen Kaiwen
Ms Ma Yuchen
Best Agents Use
Award
Team Name: AI’ve
Got This
Mr Deen Al Eusuf
Mr Ng Yao Zhen
Eugene
Mr Khant Phone Sett
Mr Lim Zhen Eu
Damon
Social Impact
Award
Team Name:
Binary Beasts
Mr Deniz
Balakrishnan
Mr Ries Joos
Mr Lucas Chen
Mr Christopher Chen
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Healthcare Data Center Market to Reach USD 37.11 Billion by 2035 as AI Genomics, EHR Resilience and Hosted Capacity Reshape Healthcare Infrastructure – DC Market Insights
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Market grows at a 9.15% CAGR from USD 15.46 billion in 2025; AI genomics and research computing expands 16.71% a year, while North America holds 46.0% of spending
LONDON, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The “Healthcare Data Center Market – Growth, Share, Opportunities & Competitive Analysis, 2026-2035” report has been added to the DC Market Insights offering. The global Healthcare Data Center Market was valued at USD 15.46 billion in 2025, is estimated at USD 17.34 billion in 2026, and is projected to reach USD 37.11 billion by 2035, growing at a CAGR of 9.15% from 2025 to 2035. DC Market Insights finds that healthcare infrastructure is splitting between general-purpose EHR workloads that increasingly move to hosted environments and higher-value AI, imaging, research and resilience workloads that require dedicated or colocated capacity.
Healthcare Data Center Market at a Glance
Metric
Value (DC Market Insights estimate)
Market size, 2020
USD 9.77 billion
Market size, 2025 (base year)
USD 15.46 billion
Market size, 2026
USD 17.34 billion (+12.16% year on year)
Market size, 2030
USD 25.10 billion
Market size, 2035
USD 37.11 billion
CAGR 2025-2035
9.15% (low case 7.13%, high case 10.69%)
Largest component
IT hardware, 70.7% of 2025 value
Fastest-growing workload
AI genomics and research computing, 16.71% CAGR
Leading region
North America, 46.0% (USD 7.11 billion)
Fastest-growing region
Asia Pacific, 11.72% CAGR
Largest end user
Hospitals and health systems, 47.0% of 2025 value
Key Takeaways
IT hardware accounts for USD 10.93 billion, or 70.7% of 2025 market value, reflecting the high server, storage and accelerator content of clinical and research workloads.AI genomics and research computing is the fastest workload, rising 16.71% a year from USD 2.30 billion in 2025 to USD 10.78 billion by 2035.Hospitals and health systems remain the largest end user at USD 7.27 billion in 2025, while pharmaceutical and life sciences grows fastest among end users at 11.61% a year.On-premises owned sites hold 60.0% of 2025 value, but wholesale and build-to-suit grows 14.01% a year as research and AI clusters move into purpose-built capacity.North America leads with 46.0% of 2025 spending, while Asia Pacific grows fastest at 11.72%; India is the fastest-growing large country at 18.37% a year.
Scope & Segmentation – Healthcare Data Center Market
The report analyzes the market across the following segments:
Component: IT Hardware; Colocation and Hosting Services; Electrical and Mechanical Infrastructure; Construction and Fit-OutEnd User: Hospitals and Health Systems; Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences; Payers and Health Insurers; Health IT and Medtech Vendors; Public Health and Research InstitutesWorkload: EHR and Clinical Applications; Medical Imaging and PACS; AI Genomics and Research Computing; Claims and Revenue Cycle; Backup and Disaster Recovery; Collaboration and Other WorkloadsDeployment Model: On-Premises Owned Sites; Retail Colocation; Wholesale and Build-to-Suit; Vendor-Hosted Private CloudGeography: North America; Europe; Asia Pacific; Latin America; Middle East and Africa, with 12 country forecasts
Report Updated: Oct. 22, 2026
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“Healthcare data center demand is moving in two directions at once: hospitals are reducing general-purpose owned halls while AI, imaging, research and cyber-resilience requirements add denser, higher-value infrastructure. Our model shows AI genomics and research computing growing 16.71% a year and wholesale or build-to-suit capacity growing 14.01%, while the owned-site share falls from 60.0% in 2025 toward 45.0% by 2035. That makes compliant hosted capacity, AI-ready infrastructure and recoverability the strongest growth pools through the forecast period.”
— Amit Jain, Senior Consultant, ICT & Emerging Technologies, DC Market Insights, report author
Why This Report Matters
Healthcare data centers sit at the intersection of patient-data availability, clinical application performance, medical imaging, pharmaceutical research and cyber resilience. The report helps health systems, life sciences companies, colocation operators, cloud and hosting providers, equipment vendors and investors size infrastructure demand while separating public-cloud migrations that leave the market from leased and owned capacity that remains in scope.
Key Attributes
Report attribute
Details
Historical Period
2020-2024
Base Year
2025
Forecast Period
2026-2035
Market Size 2025
USD 15.46 billion
Market Size 2026
USD 17.34 billion
Market Size 2035
USD 37.11 billion
CAGR 2025-2035
9.15% (low 7.13%, high 10.69%)
Leading Region
North America, 46.0%
Report Format
PDF + Excel
How Big Is the Healthcare Data Center Market in 2026?
DC Market Insights values the Healthcare Data Center Market at USD 17.34 billion in 2026, 12.16% above 2025, as backup sites, AI clusters for drug discovery and leased halls for electronic health records are added faster than hospital server rooms close. The model places healthcare IT load at 3,300 MW in 2025 and projects it to double to 6,600 MW by 2035, with accelerator racks taking a larger share of the mix.
Year
Market size
2020
USD 9.77 billion
2025
USD 15.46 billion
2026
USD 17.34 billion (+12.16% year on year)
2030
USD 25.10 billion
2035
USD 37.11 billion
Source: DC Market Insights, Healthcare Data Center Market report, Oct. 22, 2026.
Why Do AI and Research Workloads Raise Healthcare Data Center Spend?
AI infrastructure changes the value of each megawatt. DC Market Insights estimates a conventional healthcare MW carries about USD 3.05 million a year of hardware, while an AI MW carries about USD 8.30 million. That premium comes from GPU systems, high-speed networking, large research datasets and the supporting power and cooling required for accelerated computing. The result is that market value grows faster than healthcare IT load as the accelerator share rises from about 5% in 2025 toward 22% by 2035.
Which Component Leads Healthcare Data Center Spending?
IT hardware remains the largest component, but colocation and hosting services grow faster as providers absorb EHR, imaging, backup and research workloads that institutions no longer want to operate in ageing hospital server rooms.
Component
2025 value
Share 2025
2035 value
CAGR
IT Hardware
USD 10,931.24M
70.7 %
USD 24,479.40M
8.40 %
Colocation and Hosting Services
USD 3,136.32M
20.3 %
USD 9,496.08M
11.72 %
Electrical and Mechanical Infrastructure
USD 967.87M
6.3 %
USD 2,058.14M
7.84 %
Construction and Fit-Out
USD 427.77M
2.8 %
USD 1,078.98M
9.69 %
DC Exclusive: Hospital Data Center Exit Tracker
DC Market Insights tracks 14 named healthcare infrastructure moves from 2014 through 2026. Ten moved workloads to public cloud, two went to colocation and two built new owned sites. The pattern explains why owned data centers can lose share even while the overall market expands: general-purpose EHR estates leave older halls, while AI and research clusters arrive as new owned, wholesale or colocated capacity. The model therefore takes the owned-site share from 60.0% in 2025 toward 45.0% by 2035.
Workload
2025 value
Share 2025
2035 value
CAGR
EHR and Clinical Applications
USD 4,638.95M
30.0 %
USD 8,907.02M
6.74 %
Medical Imaging and PACS
USD 2,783.38M
18.0 %
USD 6,309.14M
8.53 %
AI Genomics and Research Computing
USD 2,297.83M
14.9 %
USD 10,777.50M
16.71 %
Claims and Revenue Cycle
USD 2,010.22M
13.0 %
USD 4,082.39M
7.34 %
Backup and Disaster Recovery
USD 2,164.85M
14.0 %
USD 4,453.51M
7.48 %
Collaboration and Other Workloads
USD 1,567.97M
10.1 %
USD 2,583.04M
5.12 %
Which Region Leads the Healthcare Data Center Market?
North America leads because the United States combines a large installed hospital base, near-universal certified EHR adoption and significant pharmaceutical research infrastructure. Asia Pacific grows fastest as India, China and other markets add local capacity under health-data localization and digital-health programs.
Indicator
2025 / Base
Outlook
Leading region
North America, 46.0% (USD 7.11B)
USD 15.77B by 2035; remains the largest regional spending pool
Fastest-growing region
Asia Pacific, 11.72% CAGR
Reaches USD 9.83B by 2035 as India and China add domestic health-data capacity
Fastest large country
India, 18.37% CAGR
USD 247.41M in 2025 to USD 1.34B by 2035
Largest country
United States, USD 6.49B in 2025
Remains the largest national market through the forecast
How Could the 2035 Forecast Change?
The 2035 outcome depends on how quickly hospital EHR estates move to public cloud, how much pharmaceutical AI is purchased as cloud capacity rather than dedicated infrastructure, and how strongly resilience rules push institutions to maintain recoverable private or colocated capacity.
Scenario
Assumption
2035 value
CAGR 2025-2035
Low
Faster EHR migration to public cloud; more pharma AI bought as cloud capacity
USD 30.80B
7.13 %
Base
Healthcare IT load reaches 6,600 MW; 22% on AI racks; 55% leased
USD 37.11B
9.15 %
High
Stricter 72-hour restore requirements and more drug makers build owned AI factories
USD 42.68B
10.69 %
Competitive Landscape and Recent Developments
The five largest colocation providers account for about 31% of the USD 3.14 billion healthcare colocation and hosting market in 2025, leaving the sector fragmented. Competition spans colocation, EHR hosting, cloud services, AI hardware and the power and cooling systems required for hospital and life-sciences infrastructure.
Companies profiled include:
Equinix; Digital Realty; Iron Mountain Data Centers; CyrusOne; NTT DATA; Epic Systems (Epic Hosting); Oracle (Oracle Health); Microsoft (Nuance); Amazon Web Services; Google Cloud; Dell Technologies; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; NVIDIA; Cisco Systems; Schneider Electric; Vertiv.
In July 2026, WellSpan Health completed the move of more than 300 applications and 7.5 PB of data to AWS in 17 weeks.In April 2026, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs requested USD 4.2 billion for its EHR in fiscal 2027, including USD 745 million for infrastructure readiness.In February 2026, Eli Lilly’s LillyPod AI factory with more than 9,000 petaflops went live in Indianapolis.In February 2026, five Ontario hospitals in Transform Shared Service Organization moved their EHR to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, cutting page-load time by 71%.In January 2026, NVIDIA and Eli Lilly agreed to invest up to USD 1 billion over five years in an AI co-innovation lab.In November 2025, India notified the DPDP Rules with an 18-month phased timeline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the size of the Healthcare Data Center Market?
USD 15.46 billion in 2025 and USD 17.34 billion in 2026, projected to reach USD 37.11 billion by 2035 at a 9.15% CAGR.
Which component leads the market?
IT hardware, with USD 10.93 billion or 70.7% of 2025 spending.
Which workload grows fastest?
AI genomics and research computing, at 16.71% a year through 2035.
Which healthcare end user spends the most?
Hospitals and health systems, with USD 7.27 billion or 47.0% of 2025 market value.
Which region leads?
North America with USD 7.11 billion or 46.0% of 2025 value; Asia Pacific grows fastest at 11.72% a year.
Who are the leading suppliers?
Equinix, Digital Realty, Iron Mountain Data Centers, CyrusOne and NTT DATA are among the leading colocation providers, alongside major healthcare hosting, cloud, hardware and infrastructure vendors.
Methodology
DC Market Insights builds the healthcare data center market bottom-up from 3,300 MW of healthcare IT load in 2025 and spending per MW for hardware, colocation and hosting, electrical and mechanical infrastructure, and construction and fit-out. The model separates conventional and AI MW, applies leased-capacity economics, and reconciles end-user, workload, deployment, regional and country splits to the total market before applying forecast assumptions.
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City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago Unites Industry Leaders for Health Technology Innovation Roundtable
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CHICAGO, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Faster access to care, more affordable treatment and policies that support innovation were central themes of a Health Technology Innovation Roundtable convened by City of Hope® Cancer Center Chicago on Thursday, October 15, at its hospital in Zion.
The discussion brought together Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) and leaders from City of Hope, Vantive and Zocdoc to examine how technology can help bend the health care cost curve, connect patients with care sooner and expand access to specialized treatment.
“Thank you to City of Hope in Zion for graciously hosting our recent roundtable to discuss how emerging health technologies are shaping patient care, access, and affordability,” said Schneider. “I am proud to represent a district where so many people work in the life sciences field to advance innovation. This convening was an important opportunity to hear directly from health technology innovators about the progress they are making to better connect patients with lifesaving care and how we can work together. I will continue to partner with City of Hope and the health technology experts throughout our district to ensure more people have access to the cutting-edge treatment and testing they deserve.”
The conversation spanned digital appointment scheduling, home dialysis, surgical robotics, artificial intelligence and remote monitoring. Zocdoc’s digital marketplace connects patients with available appointments, helping fill openings that might otherwise go unused. Vantive’s work in kidney care, including home dialysis, illustrated how technology can expand options for where and how patients receive treatment. City of Hope’s experience with advanced surgery and wearable devices highlighted opportunities to bring specialized expertise closer to patients and support recovery at home.
“Technological advancements continue to evolve rapidly, and keeping up with them can feel like a job unto itself,” said Pete Govorchin, president of City of Hope Chicago. “Having an opportunity to pause and reflect on the progress we have seen thus far, as well as look ahead to what’s next alongside a distinguished panel of respected professionals, is critical.”
The discussion also addressed barriers that can keep innovation from reaching patients, including state licensing requirements, limited broadband, outdated regulations and reimbursement challenges. Access for rural communities and veterans was a recurring concern, alongside the need to measure how new technologies improve outcomes and reduce avoidable costs.
“As both a developer and adopter of advanced surgical technologies, City of Hope is well positioned to provide practical, evidence-based insights into how robotic surgery and other procedures, delivered remotely, could improve access, enhance quality, and support the future of patient-centered care,” said Dr. Yuman Fong, a City of Hope surgical oncologist.
Joining Schneider, Govorchin and Fong were Chris Toth, CEO of Vantive; Kyle Jackson, Vantive’s executive director of government affairs and market development; and Ilyssa Meyer, Zocdoc’s director of government affairs.
“I was proud to be part of an important convening of health technology experts discussing how we can continue to work together to connect more patients to care and innovative treatment. Rep. Schneider’s leadership on the bipartisan, bicameral Health ACCESS Act is an important next step in turning the innovations discussed at the recent roundtable into broader access to care,” added Meyer. “By reducing barriers to digital health services and online appointment scheduling, the bill can help connect more patients with the care they need.”
About City of Hope
City of Hope’s mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. Founded in 1913, City of Hope has grown into one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, and one of the leading research centers for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope research has been the basis for numerous breakthrough cancer medicines, as well as human synthetic insulin and monoclonal antibodies. With an independent, National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center that is ranked among the nation’s top cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report at its core, City of Hope’s uniquely integrated model spans cancer care, research and development, academics and training, and a broad philanthropy program that powers its work. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, Orange County, California, campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California and cancer treatment centers and outpatient facilities in the Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix areas. City of Hope’s affiliated group of organizations includes Translational Genomics Research Institute and AccessHope™. For more information about City of Hope, follow us on Facebook, X, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Homeowners can go from their AI agent prompt to a customized Kin home insurance quote ready for purchase in minutes due to the data-informed Kin.com quoting process.
“We said that Kin will win the AI shopping experience, and we meant it,” said Kin Founder and CEO Sean Harper. “People are going to increasingly ask AI to do the tedious work of shopping for them. We want someone to be able to tell ChatGPT, ‘Help me shop for home insurance,’ and make it incredibly easy for that AI agent to shop Kin.”
Unlike plug-ins that require installation, WebMCP is an open web standard which lets AI agents work directly with Kin.com, creating a more efficient way to interact with Kin’s digital experience, and making it easier for them to help consumers shop for home insurance. For consumers, that means AI can do more of the repetitive work involved in insurance shopping, while Kin makes its experience easier for those AI agents to navigate.
Built for the Way Consumers Will Shop
The launch builds on Kin’s announcement that it would welcome Meta’s Muse and other AI shopping agents to Kin.com rather than block them. In Kin’s testing, Muse was able to retrieve home insurance quotes after asking consumers only a handful of questions. Likewise, with ChatGPT, Kin testing found consumers could easily price out home insurance in a clear side-by-side view with minimal questions. The technology improves daily, and Kin is committed to implementing open standards like WebMCP, which ChatGPT supports for paid users on its browser-based platform. While free ChatGPT accounts cannot use this protocol, consumers can still easily get a quote at kin.com.
Kin was built to sell home insurance directly to consumers through a digital experience, without relying on external agents. It also analyzes thousands of data points about individual homes, meaning much of the information needed to generate a quote can already be gathered without asking the homeowner.
“We didn’t have to reinvent Kin for AI shopping,” Harper said. “We already built a direct digital experience, we already have the data to answer most of the questions about a home, and we don’t depend on someone in the middle to sell the product. AI shopping rewards a lot of the things we’ve been building for years.”
A New Way to Shop for Insurance
Kin expects AI agents to become increasingly capable of helping consumers gather information, understand coverage and shop across insurance providers. As those capabilities improve, Kin plans to continue making its digital experience easier for both people and the AI agents working on their behalf.
“Five years from now, opening a bunch of browser tabs and filling out the same information over and over is going to seem pretty antiquated,” Harper said. “You’ll tell your AI what you need and it will go do the work. We’ve built Kin to win in that world.”
About Kin
Kin helps homeowners save money, simplify tasks, and protect their most valuable assets. By offering direct-to-consumer digital home and auto insurance alongside home finance services, the company focuses on supporting underserved homeowners in states with high catastrophic risk. Kin provides more convenient and affordable home and auto insurance coverage by eliminating the need for external agents and analyzing thousands of data points to provide transparent, accurate pricing. Kin’s AI-native technology platform delivers a seamless customer experience, customized options, and fast, high-quality service. To learn more, visit www.kin.com.
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