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Costs of Caring
This Costs of Caring report provides a data-driven assessment of the financial realities faced by hospitals and health systems, and underscores why sustainable affordability solutions must address the structural drivers of cost growth rather than focusing narrowly on hospital prices alone.
2025 The Cost of Caring Report
This report outlines the key trends impacting hospital financial stability in 2025.
2023 Costs of Caring
Hospitals appreciate the support and resources that Congress have provided throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; however, additional support is needed to keep hospitals strong so they can continue to provide care to patients and communities.
2024 Costs of Caring
While recent data suggest that some hospital and health system finances have experienced modest stabilization from historic lows in 2022, the hospital field is still far from where it needs to be to meet the demand for care, invest in new and promising technologies and interventions, and stand ready for the next health care crisis.
Reader's Choice: Our 10 Most Popular Market Scan Articles in 2025
The 10 most-read Market Scan articles of 2025, reflecting what mattered most to health care leaders this year: workforce shortages, rising cyber threats, volatile supply chains and continued experimentation by major retail and technology players seeking a foothold in care delivery.
AHA Center for Health Innovation, Collaboration & Partnerships, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Telling the Hospital Story, Consumerism, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, and Other Chronic Diseases, Wearables and Remote Patient Monitoring, Robots and Robotics, Nursing Thought Leaders
Role of Hospitals: Saint Francis Hospital
An innovative yet simple approach to improving perinatal care, called TeamBirth, was piloted by four U.S. hospitals including Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This teamwork and communication initiative is empowering laboring moms and supporting clinical care teams, while reducing the number of unnecessary cesarean deliveries and increasing patient satisfaction scores.
Role of Hospitals: OSF HealthCare
OSF HealthCare, based in Peoria, Illinois, launched OSF Innovation to “embrace change and take on the largest health care challenges.” The team assessed what was needed to improve health outcomes and safety, increase access to care and make care more affordable.
Role of Hospitals: Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
Like many hospitals across the country, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Laramie County, Wyoming, was seeing the effects of the nationwide opioid crisis – and had to change its approach after the COVID-19 pandemic made the situation worse.
Role of Hospitals: Community Memorial Health System
Community Memorial Health System located in Ventura, California, partnered with Channel Islands University to create a caregiver navigator program.
Role of Hospitals: St. John’s Riverside Hospital
At St. John’s Riverside Hospital, two-thirds of the patient population is over the age of 65. The leadership team at the hospital in Yonkers, New York, has made providing age-friendly care a priority. They know that providing care that is age friendly helps older adults enjoy a better quality of life.