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Emergency medicine, radiology and anesthesiology still lag the overall benchmark across multiple indicators – pointing to ongoing workflow and staffing pressures in acute care environments.

Hospitals must balance financial pressure with clinician wellbeing as cost-first strategies are linked to burnout.

The Best in KLAS 2026, Software and Services Report, delivers an objective, data-driven analysis of the healthcare technology solutions earning the highest performance ratings from providers nationwide.

On average, the health systems generated $1,223 in incremental revenue per provider per month for ambulatory care.

While hospitals and health systems continue to face an array of significant challenges, human-centered innovations that pair data with agility are helping improve caregiver experience and patient care, the research firm says. 

Lacey Jensen, RN, the health system's director of informatics education, previews a HIMSS26 session where she'll focus on the blended learning approach with computer adaptive tools to enhance efficiency and boost knowledge.

Staffing shortages and policy shifts are causing health system chief information officers to seek outside help as they work to manage technology imperatives, a KLAS report shows.

Remote patient monitoring that relies only on text messages could help drive engagement, compliance and outcomes at scale. And extend beyond biometrics to include data such as behavioral health concerns, post-discharge challenges and SDOH.

Sharing data is just the beginning of what artificial intelligence can do for healthcare, said Seema Verma, GM of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, at the company's annual summit.

The layoffs come on the heels of others in the Bay Area and in the company's cloud infrastructure unit. A new KLAS report, meanwhile, shows mixed reviews from Oracle healthcare clients.