Wendy Gerhardt is a research leader with the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. She is responsible for leading a team of researchers and conducting research to inform health care system stakeholders about emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities. She has over 20 years of experience in the industry and strives to bring data-driven insights for transformation, growth, and health equity through research, analysis, intelligence gathering, collaboration, and consensus building. Wendy has led research on a range of topics and has deep expertise on health care financial performance, digital transformation and Generative AI, consumer engagement, hospital M&A, executive c-suite perspectives, clinician perspectives, health equity, and the Future of Health. Prior to joining Deloitte, she held multiple roles in strategy/planning for a health system and in research for health care industry information solutions.