Whitepapers

The U.S. healthcare system is caught in a paradox: more patients, more spending, more technology — and yet, stagnant productivity and persistent staffing gaps. Even as health sector employment rebounded by 2.6 million jobs post-pandemic, almost half of hospitals report…

Hospitals are under pressure to “do more with less,” yet AP and finance teams are still chasing receipts, reconciling late expenses and managing fragmented systems. Without real-time visibility, budgets drift off track and compliance gaps grow. Twenty-two percent of healthcare…

AI adoption is surging — but without clear ROI, new tools can add cost, complexity and clinician frustration. With 470 enterprise applications, Westchester Medical Center Health Network needed more than another point solution. Leaders pursued simplification, systemwide standards and tech…

Vaccine hesitancy is growing. Clinician burnout remains rampant. And health systems are falling short of immunization targets that directly affect value-based contracts. Without a new approach, health systems risk widening care gaps and increasing costs from preventable illness. To explore…

Hospitals are losing up to millions annually from missed coding opportunities — and most leaders don’t even realize it. Vague documentation, siloed teams and under-resourced coders quietly erode margins, delay reimbursement and trigger denials. Download the 10 strategies hospitals are…

Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) faced familiar operational challenges: ED boarding, delayed discharges and status friction that slowed throughput and pressured margins. This case study details how MWHC implemented a comprehensive healthcare operating system to improve visibility, align teams and hardwire…

For many ASCs, the accreditation experience can feel more like a burden than a benefit — with shifting survey standards, inconsistent processes and surveyors who lack ASC-specific expertise. The result? Wasted time, operational inefficiencies and frustrated staff. In this report,…

Length of stay can be a proxy for every operational challenge in a hospital — and The Queen’s Health Systems was feeling the strain. ED admissions were delayed, transfers were turned away and the financial toll kept rising. Their solution?…

The rapid adoption of ambient AI for clinical documentation speaks to the tangible benefits experienced by clinicians and demonstrates the trust placed in these technologies. At Abridge, we believe that it is our responsibility to continuously improve the AI platform…

Siloed systems. Burned-out teams. Delays in care delivery. Today’s operational challenges are compromising performance across the healthcare enterprise, and the cost of inaction is rising. Operations are now a systemwide priority — the engine driving results across clinical, IT, HR…