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Health plans skip surgical savings by ignoring outcomes data
Surgery avoidance cuts costs in the short term, but health plans missing optimization of patient outcomes leave money on the table. Here's what the gap costs.
Healthcare costs won't drop from discounts alone, industry experts say
Healthcare leaders are shifting focus from negotiating lower prices to building better member engagement and operational accountability. Here's what's driving the change.
Gartner Names MirrorWeb Competitors for 2026
Gartner has published a comparison of alternatives to MirrorWeb. See which vendors made the list and what capabilities matter most for your use case.
Gartner hires senior director for AI risk and cybersecurity analysis
Gartner is hiring a Sr. Director to lead analyst coverage of AI security, emerging technologies, and enterprise risk. The role signals analyst demand for structured guidance on AI governance and threat assessment.
Gartner Finance Symposium Kicks Off in London With Day 1 Coverage
Gartner's annual Finance Symposium/Xpo 2026 opened in London. Day 1 highlights reveal what financial leaders are discussing about AI, automation, and enterprise strategy.
Gartner Names Anaconda Core Rivals for 2026
Gartner has published its list of alternatives to Anaconda Core for data science and ML work. See which tools ranked and what matters for your stack decision.
62.6% of media budgets chase awareness and conversion, Gartner finds
Gartner's latest marketing survey reveals where brands allocate spend across the funnel. Awareness and conversion dominate—here's what that means for your channel mix.
Federal agencies can speed procurement by digitizing their buying process
McKinsey finds that digitizing federal procurement improves decision-making and transparency. Here's what the shift means for government IT budgets and vendor timelines.
McKinsey HR Monitor 2026 surveys workforce trends across three continents
McKinsey has released a benchmark survey of HR and workforce practices in Europe, the US, and China. The study offers data for HR leaders evaluating staffing, talent, and organizational strategy.
Josh Bersin launches HR certification and agentic HR blueprint
The Josh Bersin Institute debuts a 12-week Global HR Excellence Certification and HR 2030 program to guide companies through agentic AI adoption in human resources.
OpenEnv Shifts to Community Governance for Open-Source Agent Training
Hugging Face, Meta, Nvidia, and 13 other orgs form steering committee for OpenEnv, a protocol layer standardizing how agents interact with environments. Early focus: dataset-backed tasksets and cross-library reward definitions.
Five models, one market: when emergence fails and control wins
A builder tested heterogeneous small-model agents in a simulated economy and found that emergent crashes vanish when you swap populations. The fix: author outcomes at settlement, not via input shocks.