Strategy

As health systems continue to face escalating pressures, from labor shortages and capacity constraints to continued margin compression, leaders are increasingly exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can strengthen utilization management (UM), enhance clinical alignment, and improve operational flow. Yet many…

ECG’s Publicly Traded Hospital Quarterly Earnings Release Update for Q3 of 2025 is now available! This edition includes a spotlight on full-year expectations, with government policy emerging as a primary concern for health systems moving forward. A few notable trends:…

Healthcare is facing a delicate balancing act; systems are striving to elevate care, sustain their workforces, and stay financially viable — all at once. That reality is reshaping what progress looks like inside hospitals and health systems. Efficiency has become…

The complexity of managing clinical, administrative, and operational applications in healthcare organizations continues to grow. While many large hospital systems have invested in robust programs to streamline their application portfolios, any health system that has undergone ownership changes, faced prolonged…

As hospital and health system C-suites navigate new and recurring challenges — from policy changes to workforce shortages — collaboration among executives is essential for success. A successful team dynamic starts with the CEO understanding each executive’s subject-matter expertise and…

Financial sustainability is a growing challenge for health systems, as they feel squeezed between an increasingly complicated payer environment and unrelenting upward pressure on costs (e.g., staff and physician compensation). Against this backdrop, ECG Management Consultants sought to understand howorganizations…

The healthcare industry is bracing for steep challenges ahead—from market disruptions to the growing cost of patient retention. As systems confront tighter margins and shifting expectations, stemming patient leakage is emerging as a critical survival strategy.   Revenue is expected to shrink due to macroeconomic pressures affecting the total insured population, changes in reimbursement, and…

The persistent staffing shortages of the past few years, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation, are forcing hospital and health systems leaders to rethink their workforce models and strategies for attracting and retaining clinicians, including float pool…

Over the past 18 months, Gainesville-based University of Florida has undergone a realignment into a unified operating structure under the theme of “Together We Transform.” This multifaceted process has allowed it to thrive in today’s healthcare environment, improve care access…

Hughston Clinic to Leverage Commure’s Robust Platform to Automate Workflows Across the Full Care Continuum MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., November 20, 2025 – Commure, a leading healthcare technology company, today announced a partnership with Hughston Clinic, one of the nation’s largest…