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What is Ambient AI in Healthcare? Revolutionizing Clinical Care, Efficiency, and Outcomes

You probably use ambient AI every day without even knowing it. When your Apple Watch is telling you to stand up after sitting too long, your CGM recommends you eat a snack, or even when your smart home lights dim around the time you go to bed, every night…that’s ambient AI. Among other things, ambient AI is there to help you stay healthy, tracking what you do in the background and making decisions based on your previous actions and preferences.

On-call Engineers - Stop Incidents before They Turn into Disasters

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Win by Being Bold

Everyone your sales team is reaching out to is drowning in emails. The way to cut through isn't to send more of them. It's to get personal, get creative, and get bold. That's the philosophy baked into incident.io's sales culture: experiment constantly, celebrate the inputs as much as the wins, and never play it safe. This video gives you a real look at what it's like to be part of a sales team at one of the most exciting startups right now. There are many more wins to come, and we want the right people here for them.

SharePoint Online outage on March 6, 2026

On March 6, 2026, SharePoint Online experienced a disruption that prevented some users from loading sites, accessing files, or authenticating successfully. The incident did not affect every user, but reports came in from multiple regions including North America and Europe. StatusGator detected the problem early through user outage reports and triggered an Early Warning Signal before Microsoft officially acknowledged the issue.

Service Status Update: March 5, 2026

On March 2, 2026 at 23:30:24 UTC, we experienced an issue where the Zoom AI scribe was unable to join calls, rendering Zoom meeting transcription unavailable for all users. On March 2, 2026 at 23:30:24 UTC, we experienced an issue where the Zoom AI scribe was unable to join calls, rendering Zoom meeting transcription unavailable for all users. The issue persisted from approximately February 28 through March 5, 2026.

Escalation policy for critical incidents

When a critical incident triggers, there’s no time to figure out who to call. That decision needs to be made well before the incident arrives. A dedicated escalation policy for critical incidents gives your team a clear path to follow the moment things go wrong, rather than leaving it to whoever happens to be around. This guide covers the key decisions involved in building that policy.

A compass for setting up your escalation policy

Setting up an escalation policy for the first time can feel like standing at a crossroads with no clear sign pointing the way. You could escalate based on severity, by team, or by who’s available and all of them are valid. Knowing which one fits your situation is the hard part. Think of this guide as your compass for that decision.