Strategy

Hospitals and health systems continue to see rising labor costs; up 5% in October 2025 compared to a year ago. Despite this, improvements in productivity and patient experience have remained stagnant or declined in recent years. These trends are especially…

Health equity is a big challenge for health system CEOs as the gap between the insured and uninsured population widens. Access to care is an issue in communities across the U.S. and will likely become more challenging over the next…

Healthcare leaders are finding new ways to drive standardization, savings and uptime through evidence-based technology. Healthcare operations leaders are facing mounting challenges: rising costs, staffing shortages and increasing pressure to maintain uptime for mission-critical equipment. As hospital margins shrink —…

Health systems across the country are facing mounting workforce pressures — from physician burnout and retention challenges to rising turnover costs and growing care complexity. At Becker’s 13th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in Chicago, four senior leaders made a…

At Becker’s 13th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, healthcare leaders gathered for a featured session titled “Compliance at the Point of Care: How Ambient AI Protects Revenue Before the Audit.” The discussion explored how artificial intelligence tools deployed at the…

Healthcare operates in a highly disrupted market with multiple headwinds, including ongoing staff shortages, financial pressures, policy and regulatory changes and cyber threats. Disruption in the industry is most pronounced among clinical providers, according to the latest AlixPartners’ survey of more than…

Healthcare needs — and the demands of leadership — have evolved. CentraCare is addressing these shifts through a restructured leadership model. The St. Cloud, Minn.-based health system implemented a leadership restructuring in July to improve integration, streamline decision-making and enhance…

At a moment when the financial and operational pressures facing U.S. health systems show little sign of easing, CommonSpirit Health CEO Wright Lassiter III is confronting the future with equal parts realism and resolve. During an interview with Rhoda Weiss,…

As health systems continue to face increasing workloads and staffing challenges, ambient scribes are emerging as transformative forces. During Becker’s Healthcare 13th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, Tom Kelly, MD, chief executive officer of Heidi, discussed how ambient AI can…

Administrative costs now account for a quarter of all healthcare spending, a fact that has moved hospital operations into the spotlight as executives look for new ways to protect margins. During a recent discussion at Becker’s Healthcare 13th Annual CEO…