In the new touch point media DataPoint podcast, our SVP of Client Services Elizabeth Kirk discusses the impact of the pandemic on hospital budgets and the budgeting process, the next generation of AI and machine learning products being used to target and eliminate waste and how upcoming regulatory changes in hospital pricing transparency will impact the marketplace.

Steve Lefar, Executive Director of Strata Decision Technology, says health systems need to get used to the new normal of lower patient volumes. The company’s recent analysis of hospital data shows patients’ behavior has changed, and hospitals can’t count on volumes returning to pre-pandemic levels.