From artificial intelligence to healthcare quality and evolving health policy, new data is shaping the way we understand and improve care. In this edition of Studies, Surveys, and Reports: What Can We Learn? we highlight recent findings that offer insight into the challenges, innovations, and trends driving the industry forward. Plus, explore key takeaways through infographics that bring the numbers to life.
AI in Healthcare
Toward the Autonomous AI Doctor: Quantitative Benchmarking of an Autonomous Agentic AI Versus Board-Certified Clinicians in a Real World Setting
As you know AI in healthcare is dependent on accuracy – even more so when embedded directly within the clinical clinical encounter. I was hoping you could do me a favor. In the AI world, doctronic has conducted 12M clinical encounters to date and conduct 55k each week; at the conclusion of an encounter the patient receives a soap note inclusive of 4 likely diagnosis and associated care plans. a user has the option of taking the note to their provider; a registered user can ask to see a telehealth provider to validate the diagnosis and care plan. medRxiv conducted a study, validated by a 3rd party, regarding our accuracy.
Healthcare’s AI Saturation: Crucial Communications Assets to Elevate Your Brand
Shannon Murphy, EVP of Healthcare at V2 Communications, recently authored a report addressing a unique and growing challenge: how healthcare AI companies can stand out in an increasingly crowded market. The report outlines several crucial assets healthcare AI companies need to implement an impactful integrated communications program that builds awareness, trust and resonance for their brand among audiences who matter most.
The AI Shift Is Here: 90%+ Report Efficiency Gains as Adoption Surges
eClinicalWorks®, the largest ambulatory cloud EHR, announced that 90% of survey respondents using AI solutions in their daily operations have achieved notable efficiency gains. The survey showed that AI solutions like Sunoh.ai and Image AI Assistant save significant time, with over 60% reporting saving 1-4 hours daily on documentation, and 70% saving 1-3 hours on managing their fax inbox. As eClinicalWorks continues to lead in AI innovation, these tools are essential for optimizing healthcare practices and enhancing patient outcomes by allowing providers to reduce administrative burdens, improve work-life balance, and focus on delivering superior patient care.
The AI Shift Is Here: 90%+ Report Efficiency Gains as Adoption Surges
eClinicalWorks®, the largest ambulatory cloud EHR, announced that 90% of survey respondents using AI solutions in their daily operations have achieved notable efficiency gains. The survey showed that AI solutions like Sunoh.ai and Image AI Assistant save significant time, with over 60% reporting saving 1-4 hours daily on documentation, and 70% saving 1-3 hours on managing their fax inbox. As eClinicalWorks continues to lead in AI innovation, these tools are essential for optimizing healthcare practices and enhancing patient outcomes by allowing providers to reduce administrative burdens, improve work-life balance, and focus on delivering superior patient care.
Healthcare Quality
Clinician of the Future 2025
Elsevier’s latest global survey reveals clinicians’ optimism as AI delivers new solutions to key challenges—from managing high patient volumes to enhancing diagnostics and care. Yet the opportunities provided by AI also raise concerns: clinicians are wrestling with issues such as technology readiness gaps and concerns over adequate AI training, burnout, and misinformation. The global report highlights the perspectives of over 2,000 clinicians globally, and over 200 clinicians in the U.S., about AI’s impact on the future of patient care.
Healthcare Data Quality Report 2025
How has the sentiment around the quality of healthcare data changed over the last 3 years? Clinical Architecture’s 2025 Healthcare Data Quality Report is now available and sheds light on how the industry perceives the level of data quality and the impact that low-quality patient data has across several critical factors for healthcare enterprises.
Saving Lives and Money: Civitas Networks for Health Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) Impact
The Commonwealth Fund’s impact report aggregates key points and insights from eleven Civitas members who are advancing QIO priorities as prime or subcontractors in the program, and who participated in the 2025 Civitas QIO survey showcasing collective accomplishments in supporting the aims of the program during its most recent five-year contract cycle (2019-2024) for core Quality Improvement Network (QIN-QIO) activities and a four-year cycle (2020-2024) for Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) activities. The eleven surveyed were Alliant Health, Comagine Health, Compass Healthcare Collaborative, MetaStar, Convergence, iMPROve Health, Kansas Healthcare Collaborative, KFMC Health Improvement Partners, Quality Insights, Stratis Health, and Telligen.
2025 Scorecard on State Health System Performance
Every year, the Commonwealth Fund’s Scorecard on State Health System Performance uses the most recent available data to assess how well the health care system is working for people in every state. This edition of the Scorecard includes 50 measures of health care access and affordability, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital use and costs, health outcomes and healthy behaviors, and equity. (Learn more about the measures we use.)
PX Pulse: Americans Call for Trust and Change in Healthcare – July 2025
As debate over the future of U.S. healthcare continues, The Beryl Institute’s July 2025 PX Pulse reveals where the public stands today, calling for more affordable, accessible, and human-centered care that rebuilds trust. The Beryl Institute released findings from the 17th edition of PX Pulse, a national survey tracking people’s current perspective on the healthcare experience they have across the United States. This report trends data related to consumer experience from December 2019 through the second quarter of 2025 and shows that while 92% of consumers say trust in healthcare is important, only 36% have strong trust in the current system, and just 25% say they trust it more than they did a year ago.
Healthcare by the Numbers
The Nursing Dean Dilemma
The nursing profession faces a critical leadership crisis as the number of qualified candidates for dean positions dwindles while experienced leaders approach retirement. This article examines the systemic challenges creating this pipeline problem — from faculty workload constraints to changing career priorities — and proposes five strategic interventions to develop, attract, and retain the next generation of academic leaders in nursing.
Healthcare Policy
Prior Authorization: Selectively Used & Evidence-Based Medicaid Managed Care
Prior authorization is an important tool used by both public and private payers to ensure patient care follows evidence-based clinical guidelines. It helps reduce patients’ exposure to low-value, unsafe or inappropriate care, thereby leading to better health outcomes and more affordable care for patients. At the same time, health plans recognize patients are often frustrated when their prescription medication or medical procedure is not promptly approved or is denied following prior authorization review. Health plans are taking proactive steps to improve the patient experience and ensure that prior authorization is used selectively, based on clinical evidence and streamlined for patients and providers. Here are the survey results on prior authorization for the Medicaid market according to a 2024 survey of AHIP’s Medicaid Managed Care plan members on their prior authorization processes.
Infographics
AI in Healthcare Statistics: 82% are Excited About New Advances
Harmony Healthcare IT, a firm that works with health data management, surveyed over 1,000 Americans about their preferences about AI in healthcare. The data shows that while many are embracing technological advances, human oversight is crucial to maximize comfort with AI innovations.
Prevent Cancer Foundation’s 2025 Early Detection Survey
U.S. adults report that their routine cancer screening rates are on the decline—but there is hope on the horizon. New screening technologies could encourage them to prioritize their screenings. According to the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s 2025 Early Detection Survey, 64% of adults who are behind on at least one routine cancer screening say they would be more likely to prioritize screening if there were innovative options such as an at-home test, a different/less invasive test or screening, a faster test or a less frequent test.
