We have rounded up some reports and surveys from around the industry that we thought were of interest.
2026 State of the Industry: Navigating Health Policy and Market Shifts With Smarter Data
MRO announced the release of its 2026 State of the Industry: Navigating Health Policy and Market Shifts With Smarter Data report, offering healthcare leaders a forward-looking analysis of the policy, regulatory, and economic forces reshaping care delivery and a clear point of view on how clinical data can serve as a strategic advantage in an increasingly uncertain environment.
Nursing Insights: Redefining Nursing Practice for an AI-Driven Future
Workforce shortages and rising patient acuity create significant challenges for the nursing profession, but technology is opening new possibilities. According to the 2025 Future Ready Healthcare Survey, nurses are the most optimistic group about artificial intelligence (AI)’s positive impact on their work. This optimism reflects both necessity and opportunity.
Healthcare and AI Poll
Sacred Heart University poll with GreatBlue Research and Gray Media confirms as access to care gets harder, patients look to AI for answers without giving up control or trust FAIRFIELD, Conn.—Frustrated by long wait times, insurance headaches and rising costs, Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) for health information—signaling a shift that could reshape the future of care.
PHTI Playbook on Performance-Based Contracting: A Guide for Purchasers and Digital Health Companies
The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) released the Playbook on Performance-Based Contracting—a comprehensive report and interactive toolkits designed to help employers and health plans tie payment for digital health solutions to measurable outcomes.
2026 State of Healthcare Supply Chain Survey
symplr®, a provider of enterprise healthcare operations software, shared the findings from its third annual 2026 State of Healthcare Supply Chain Survey, highlighting how supply chain leaders’ priorities are evolving. After years focused first on cost savings and then on managing pandemic-driven disruptions, leaders now face a combined challenge: ongoing disruptions and rising cost pressures that must be addressed simultaneously.
Healthcare Shadow AI Survey
A new survey from Wolters Kluwer Health of healthcare professionals and administrators reveals a growing trend: unauthorized AI tools and apps, known as “shadow AI,” are currently being used across hospitals and health systems in the U.S., including for direct patient care. This could raise concerns about patient safety, data privacy, and regulatory compliance. According to the survey, 40% of respondents have encountered an unauthorized AI tool in their organizations, and nearly 20% have used them.
The Connected System: Insights on Patient Access and Throughput Report
Hospitals continue to face steady pressure in managing patient volumes, workforce challenges, and patient transitions across care settings. Conduit Health Partners developed The Connected System: Insights on Patient Access and Throughput Report to examine how these functions work together and where better coordination can make a measurable difference. Drawing on operational data from partner health systems and insights from 64 nurses working in triage and transfer roles, this report provides a grounded look at how health systems are managing demand, capacity, and coordination under real-world conditions.
Value-Based Care Report
Healthcare value is achieved by delivering high-quality care and positive patient experiences while keeping costs low. However, the current trajectory of healthcare system costs and workflows are unsustainable. That’s where value-based care (VBC) comes in. By aligning payers and clinicians to support value across the healthcare system, VBC enables us to measure, monitor, and improve quality, patient experience, and costs simultaneously. Humana’s 11th Value-Based Care report demonstrates how VBC alignment correlates to improved healthcare quality, better experiences among patients and clinicians, and decreased costs for all.
The Visibility Crisis in Health System Pharmacies
Health system pharmacies are facing a visibility crisis in their supply chains. The issue goes beyond any single drug shortage, cost spike or technology failure. Findings from the Tecsys Health System Pharmacy Supply Chain Survey show that many organizations are effectively operating without a clear, real-time view of medication demand, inventory position and emerging risk — forcing leaders to react to disruption rather than prevent it.
How Google Search is Changing January 2026 Update
A lot has happened since Digital Third Coast last conducted their consumer survey in June 2025: AI Mode, AI shopping, multiple upgrades in search experience, and the increased adoption of AI tools in all aspects of life. How has this changed how, why, and where people search? As part of their ongoing analysis on the state of search, here’s an updated late December 2025 assessment, surveying over 1,000 consumers on how they’re finding the information they need— and where AI fits in. With over 1 in 4 skipping Google when it comes to making purchases online, it’s a brave new world.
