1. The growing financial threat of cyber risks: With security breaches becoming more frequent, CFOs are paying close attention to the financial implications of a cyber-attack and beginning to build more guardrails.

2. Margin recovery and growth opportunities: CFOs are managing the need for strong balance sheets and pursuing growth opportunities. Ambulatory growth is a top focus across the C-suite, with a focus on pursuing JVs to meet their operational and strategic needs.

3. Assessing the ROI of AI solutions: As health systems advance their AI implementation, there is a greater focus on scaling use cases with a proven ROI and testing the validity of vendors’ claims.

4. Medicare Advantage headwinds and strategy: MA does not have the same profitability it once did, changing the calculus of MA as a growth opportunity and requiring health systems to have a more proactive MA strategy.

5. The financial impact of GLP-1 drugs: The rising popularity of GLP-1 drugs has CFOs wondering how it could pose a negative impact on surgical volumes.