This week brought major news about how hospitals are using artificial intelligence to help doctors and nurses work better. The biggest story is about agentic AI, which is a special type of AI that can actually do tasks on its own instead of just giving information to people. Hospitals are using this technology to handle boring work like typing notes and managing patient lists, so doctors can spend more time helping patients.

Governments around the world are also making new rules for AI in healthcare. The United States government announced new AI rules that will try to make it easier for hospitals to use AI across the country instead of having different rules in different states. The European Union created a new plan to help hospitals use AI for things like finding diseases and treating heart problems. In Canada, the government released a list of the top five ways AI should be used in hospitals.

Many states in America are also making their own rules. About 47 states introduced more than 250 bills to control how hospitals use AI, and 33 of these rules were approved. Some rules focus on making sure doctors tell patients when AI is being used to help them.

The World Health Organization found that most countries want to use AI in hospitals, but many are worried about what happens if the AI makes a mistake. A new report also found that hospitals are worried about trust - they want to make sure the AI is safe and works correctly before they use it everywhere.

Companies are also creating new AI tools for hospitals. One example is AIwithCare, which helps doctors find patients who might want to join medical studies. In China, a health app is answering 5 million questions from people every single day using AI.