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As the use cases for artificial intelligence-enabled solutions (AI) continue to expand, many health system financial leaders are asking what the “right” level of IA investment is for their organization. against other priorities.

Explore how the rural family physician workforce is declining, what structural challenges are driving shortages, and potential solutions from experts on the Kaufman Hall Gist Healthcare Podcast.

Expanded pre-merger reporting rule struck, Amazon Pharmacy expands, younger adults are getting sicker

The most recent National Hospital Flash Report highlights stabilizing hospital margins at the end of 2025.

Learn why healthcare strategic partnerships falter and how to improve outcomes with credible business cases, aligned incentives, durable structures, rigorous due diligence, and simpler, effective agreements from real-world deal insights.

Explore how the loss of a family physician affects rural communities’ health access, economies, and quality of life in this Kaufman Hall Gist Healthcare Podcast episode featuring expert analysis on physician shortages and community impact.

This week’s graphic highlights data from Kaufman Hall’s recently published 2025 Hospital and Health System M&A in Review on the dynamics in health system merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.

Jobs report shows that healthcare powers the economy, ACO adoption continues to climb, cyberattacks at five-year high

Explore why improving perioperative performance requires a systemwide, team-based approach—not just fixing individual metrics—and how hospitals can optimize OR capacity, coordination, and decision-making for sustained performance improvement.

Hospital performance settled into a “new normal” in 2025. Patient volumes continue to grow, and a persistent gap between gross and net operating revenue indicates an eroding payer mix and more uninsured patients.

Compensation is not keeping pace with physician productivity, while patient demand continues to rise and the proportion of advanced practice providers expands across the workforce.

Physicians face higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide risk than the general population, yet fewer than one in three with a mental health condition ever receives care. Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Global Chief Medical Officer for AIDOC, discusses what happens when physicians consider getting help.