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We examined the association between PE hospital ownership and the likelihood of artificial intelligence (AI) technology adoption.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We linked the 2024 American Hospital Association Annual Survey to a database of PE acquisitions and exits. Mixed-effects logistic models estimated any, clinical, and operational AI adoption by hospital ownership type, adjusting for hospital and market characteristics. In secondary analyses, we examined challenges to AI implementation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PE-owned hospitals had higher adjusted adoption of any AI (difference, 24.5 percentage points; 95% confidence interval, 11.2 to 37.8) and clinical AI (difference, 27.5 percentage points; 95% confidence interval, 14.0 to 41.1) than other for-profit hospitals but did not differ from not-for-profit hospitals. Operational adoption did not differ by ownership. In secondary analyses, not-for-profit hospitals reported any, cost and resource, and regulatory and safety challenges more often than PE-owned hospitals; PE-owned hospitals reported staff-training challenges more often than other for-profit hospitals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PE-owned and not-for-profit hospitals had similar adoption of any and clinical AI, and both exceeded other for-profit hospitals, consistent with a capital access advantage that does not extend to the broader for-profit sector.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/haschl\/qxag261","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,25]],"date-time":"2026-09-25T07:56:12Z","timestamp":1790322972000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Private equity ownership and artificial intelligence adoption by hospitals in the United 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