Berkeley Research Group, more commonly known as BRG, recently launched its "2025 U.S. Healthcare & Life Sciences Transactions Outlook." The report includes some interesting findings related to healthcare technology.
A portion of the data shows, among other things, that providers are considering transactions/deal activity in 2025 to address challenges and opportunities with AI, cybersecurity and digitization.
On this week's HIMSSCast, we're going to dive into this report with James McHugh, managing director of BRG.
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Talking points:
- Providers are considering transactions/deal activity in 2025 to address challenges and opportunities with AI, cybersecurity and digitization.
- The greatest AI/digitization challenges for providers currently.
- Why is dealmaking an option to fill in operational gaps?
- More than 8 in 10 respondents indicated they are likely to be involved in an investment or transaction related to artificial intelligence (82%) and cybersecurity (84%) in the next 12 months.
- How might this data have changed if the questions were asked after the huge stock market losses following President Trump launching a trade war?
- Providers expect a range of technological capabilities to be a strategic focus in 2025, including electronic health record integration (38%), AI-driven clinical decision support and predictive analytics (38%), patient engagement platforms (36%), and revenue cycle management technology (36%).
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