AI Capability
Is it an AI product, or a platform with AI features?
The AI Health Index grades all 670 vendors on AI Centrality, one of 15 capability axes applied to every record without exception. 277 of 670 vendors grade A, 258 grade B, 120 grade C and 15 grade D. That places this axis first of 15 by the number of vendors reaching the top grade. Grades were last verified on October 20, 2026 and are never aggregated into a composite score.
What this axis measures
Whether artificial intelligence is the product itself, the engine of a core module, or a feature layer on a platform whose value stands without it. This axis is how a reader distinguishes an AI-native product from a platform with AI capabilities. The index includes companies across the full range, and a product marketed as AI with no learned component to be found is graded D here. A product that uses no learned model and makes no artificial intelligence claim is outside the index.
Buyers also search this as: AI native versus AI enabled, AI washing, and whether the AI is core to the product or bolted on.
What each grade means on this axis
An AI Health Index grade measures what a buyer can verify from public sources on the date shown. It is not a rating of how good the product is. A vendor can build an excellent system and grade low on an axis because it publishes nothing an outsider can check.
The distribution
Reading the result
This is the highest scoring axis in the index, which is exactly what you would expect from a roster assembled by looking for healthcare AI, and it is the axis most likely to be misread as praise. A high grade here says the AI is central to the product. It says nothing about whether the product works.
Its real use is the opposite direction. A platform with a feature layer is not disqualified and is often the right purchase, particularly where it is already installed. The axis exists so a buyer can tell which kind of thing they are evaluating before applying the other fourteen, because the same evidence standard means different things for the two.
Where the A grades are, by category
Categories are shown by the share of their vendors reaching an A. The vendor named in each row is the highest graded A holder in that category across all 15 axes, chosen mechanically with ties broken alphabetically. Categories with no A holder on this axis are omitted.
Questions worth asking a vendor
- Would this product still have a value proposition with the AI switched off?
- Is the AI in the core workflow or in an adjacent module we would have to adopt separately?
- How long has the AI capability shipped, as opposed to been announced?
Questions buyers ask
How many healthcare AI vendors grade well on ai centrality?
Of the 670 vendors in the AI Health Index, 277 grade A on this axis, 258 grade B, 120 grade C and 15 grade D under the AI Health Index grading framework. Grades were last verified on October 20, 2026. Grades are not aggregated into a composite score.
What does an A grade mean on ai centrality?
Whether artificial intelligence is the product itself, the engine of a core module, or a feature layer on a platform whose value stands without it. This axis is how a reader distinguishes an AI-native product from a platform with AI capabilities. The index includes companies across the full range, and a product marketed as AI with no learned component to be found is graded D here. A product that uses no learned model and makes no artificial intelligence claim is outside the index. The artificial intelligence is the product. Remove the model and there is nothing left to sell.
What does a D grade mean on ai centrality?
No learned component can be found. Either artificial intelligence is claimed in the marketing and cannot be located in the product, or the term is covering rules and automation that predate it. The note says which. A product that makes no AI claim and runs on rules, formulas or human curation is outside the index. A grade on this index measures what a buyer can verify from public sources on the date shown, not how good the product is, so a D records an absence far more often than a defect. A vendor that publishes more is regraded.
Do vendors pay to be included or graded?
No. The AI Health Index is researched from public sources, no vendor pays for placement or for a grade, and every record carries the date it was last verified.
The other 14 axes
No single axis decides a selection. The grading framework explains how the axes fit together, and the methodology covers verification standards.