Cottage Health and Thesis Announce Innovation Partnership to Expand Clinical Capacity and Support World-Class Patient Care
California health system becomes Thesis's first health system innovation partner, deploying AI care team agents across care management and clinical operations workflows
Thesis Care, the AI-powered care team platform for scalable clinical capacity, and Cottage Health, the leading not-for-profit health system serving California's Central Coast, today announced a strategic innovation partnership. Through the collaboration, which marks the first health system partnership for Thesis, Cottage Health will deploy Thesis's AI care team agents to support high-impact clinical operations and care management workflows.
Cottage Health operates hospitals in Santa Barbara, Goleta and the Santa Ynez Valley and is home to the region's only Level I trauma center. With more than 700 physicians, over 20,000 annual inpatient admissions, and recognition as a 2025 Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital, Cottage has earned a national reputation for excellence. The partnership with Thesis reflects Cottage’s continued commitment to innovation in support of delivering world-class patient care.
Thesis's platform deploys AI agents backed by expert clinicians to complete complex clinical work end-to-end, all within a customer's existing systems and workflows. Cottage Health will initially deploy Thesis's care team agents to strengthen patient engagement and follow-up, ensuring patients are guided through next steps in their care plans and closing gaps to drive improved health outcomes.
