The State of the Independent Practice in 2026
Wed, Aug 26, 2026 2:00 PM EDT (11:30 PM Asia/Calcutta)
Event Overview:
The pressure on independent practices is real—but so is their resilience.
Based on responses from 360 independent practice leaders, this webinar examines the biggest challenges practices face today and the technology strategies they're embracing to remain competitive.
Join a candid conversation between a practice leader and Veradigm's Chief Product and Technology Officer, Tehsin Syed, as they discuss what the survey findings reveal, why they matter, and how they're influencing the next generation of healthcare technology.
We'll explore findings including:
- 79% say technology is critical to their practice's long-term stability.
- 88% believe AI and automation can meaningfully improve operations.
- 44% identify manual work as the biggest barrier to interoperability.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the state of independent practice in 2026 through exclusive survey findings from 360 practice leaders
- Discover practical strategies practices are using to improve efficiency and support long-term sustainability
- Learn how customer insights are driving technology innovation to better address the evolving needs of independent
Featured Speaker:
Tehsin Syed
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Veradigm
With deep experience at the intersection of healthcare, IT, and AI, Tehsin Syed is responsible for Veradigm's product, engineering, IT, data, security, and AI functions. His teams prioritize delivering connected solutions that give clinicians time back, reduce payer friction, and help patients start—and stay on—appropriate therapies. Before joining Veradigm, Tehsin served as General Manager of AWS Health AI, where he established new offerings in ambient documentation, genomics, and medical imaging and scaled interoperability to enterprise-grade. Previously, he spent more than two decades at Cerner in senior executive roles, including leading Strategic Growth Engineering and playing a central role in developing HealtheIntent, a cloud-based population health platform. Mr. Syed received his BS in Computer Science and Physics from Rhodes College (Memphis, TN) and began his career as a software engineer at Cerner.
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