Tech services leader Infosys announced a strategic collaboration with Sentara Health on June 24, 2026, to scale enterprise automation and capture new value within the expanding artificial intelligence in healthcare market. This joint initiative was launched to create a foundation that enhances efficiency, supports clinicians and staff, and improves experiences for patients and members.
To achieve these goals, Infosys will leverage its purpose-built agentic services suite, known as Infosys Topaz Fabric, to build a composable and agent-ready ecosystem. This underlying technical framework unifies infrastructure, models, data, applications, and workflows, allowing Sentara to embed advanced AI capabilities directly into its core hospital systems.
The joint initiative strongly prioritizes responsible AI design by establishing strict enterprise guardrails and ensuring operational readiness for the entire medical network. Through this structured framework, Sentara plans to shift from experimental AI pilots to full production in line with its long-term strategic goals and regulatory considerations.
By deeply embedding AI into daily operations, the prominent non-profit healthcare system aims to handle care management and employee productivity with greater speed and resilience. Jamisson Fowler, Chief Digital Officer at Sentara, noted, “As we continue to advance our digital strategy, working with Infosys enables us to take a thoughtful and scalable approach to AI adoption across the enterprise.”
Fowler further emphasized that this collaboration helps ensure technology is deployed securely, stating, “This collaboration helps ensure AI is deployed in ways that genuinely improve how our hospital teams work, supporting efficiency, care delivery, and the communities we serve while remaining secure, compliant, and patient-centered.”
Venky Ananth, Global Head of Healthcare at Infosys, highlighted the pivotal timing of the deal, explaining, “Healthcare organizations are at a pivotal moment where AI can meaningfully enhance clinical and operational outcomes when it is adopted responsibly and at scale.” Ananth concluded by outlining the ultimate goal of the technical integration, adding, “Our collaboration with Sentara is focused on unlocking AI value by building a strong enterprise AI foundation spanning architecture, governance and AI first delivery models so that innovation is operationalized across hospital systems and translates into real efficiency gains for clinicians, staff and patients.”
