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Purportedly AI-Powered Software Allegedly Used to Replace Montefiore Hospital Utilization-Review Nurses Despite Contractual AI Safeguards
- Occurred
- May 28, 2026
- Published
- Jul 2, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Montefiore Hospital in New York reportedly laid off 12 utilization-review nurses after changing the department's workflow and introducing AI-powered software. The nurses' union alleged that the technology replaced their work and violated contractual protections governing AI. Montefiore disputed that account and described the changes as part of a nonclinical paperwork program.
Developers
- Healthcare administrative AI developers
- AI-powered utilization-review software developers
Deployers
- Montefiore Medical Center
- Montefiore Health System
- Hospitals
- Healthcare employers
Harmed parties
- Workers displaced by automation
- Registered nurses
- Montefiore utilization-review nurses
- Marilyn Shuler
- Healthcare workers
Classification
Category confidence: 70%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: AI replacing human workers raises labor and fairness concerns, though no direct harm or discrimination is confirmed.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8