HIT Consultant December 12, 2025
What You Should Know:
– Deloitte’s 2026 US Health Care Outlook reveals a dangerous disconnect: while nearly 70% of health executives expect to outperform competitors next year, the “traditional playbook” of market expansion and cost-cutting is no longer sufficient.
– Amid rising regulatory uncertainty and financial pressure, the report identifies three mandatory pivots for survival: empowering consumer health with digital experiences, scaling generative and agentic AI across operations, and forging cross-industry alliances. Leaders who fail to embrace these transformational shifts risk falling behind in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Why 2026 Will Break the Traditional Healthcare Playbook
For decades, the path to success in American healthcare was relatively linear: acquire more facilities, negotiate better rates, and incrementally improve efficiency....







