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This is part two of a seven-part series that unpacks each pillar of the Vizient AI Maturity Assessment, sharing lessons from our work with leading health systems and practical steps to build maturity across every stage of the AI journey.

With hundreds of tools flooding the market and few real results, the Vizient AI Maturity Assessment helps hospitals build the strategy, governance and culture needed to move from promise to performance.

By effectively putting strategy into action, hospitals and healthcare systems can thrive amid today’s financial and operational challenges and position themselves to confront the looming threats that are just around the corner.

GLP-1 therapies mark a turning point in healthcare; what began as a diabetes therapy now helps with obesity, sleep apnea and more. Here are three emerging ideas that may represent the next breakthrough that will redefine healthcare.

Operational issues in access are myriad. So are the tactics to resolve them. But if systems look closer, they’ll find that access isn’t a tactical matter. It’s a strategic one stemming from an uncertain or opaque leadership structure.

The challenges that hospitals and health systems currently face are amplifying this complexity, from uncertainty about potential changes to federal healthcare policy—including Medicaid and NIH funding cuts and tariffs—inflation, and ongoing workforce challenges.

Hospitals continue to lose significant money on employing physicians, and the original goals of care coordination and efficiency haven't materialized. Rising costs, declining reimbursement advantages, overutilization of low-margin services and administrative burdens are factors behind these unsustainable losses.

Senior healthcare leaders and board members routinely ask us the following two questions.

In today’s volatile healthcare landscape, CFOs are being called to step beyond traditional financial management and embrace a transformative leadership role.

The critical link between patient access and loyalty means that even a modest increase in loyal patients can significantly boost revenue. Many health systems, however, capture less than half of a patient’s total healthcare spend due to poor access and scheduling inefficiencies.

The proposed NIH policy to cap indirect costs on research grants at 15% would strain academic medical centers (AMCs) and universities that rely on these funds to support essential infrastructure.

The hospital and health system leaders we work with are extremely concerned about the financial impact their organizations may experience from potentially significant Medicaid policy changes, following the recent passage of a budget resolution by the U.S. House of Representatives.