DOTmed December 3, 2025
Dhruv Chopra

The 2026 budgeting season is underway, and healthcare executives can acutely feel the financial pressures brought on by this year’s increasing claims denials and labor shortages. At the same time, patients’ expectations for convenience, transparency, and personalization continue to climb.

Healthcare providers are being asked to do more with less. To meet these demands, many executives are focusing on short-term cost-containment measures to mitigate reimbursement challenges, but this approach only delays the inevitable. Today’s challenges call for decisive action, which is why 2026 is the year healthcare executives must invest in tools that will actually solve their problems: interoperable, automated technology.

Claims denials, labor shortages, and patient demands are the core catalysts driving artificial intelligence (AI) and interoperability innovations. AI...

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