Super Size Me: Hospital Mergers Raise IT Considerations

More and more hospitals are merging. The analysts at Moody’s Investors Service recently pointed to the Accountable Care Act (ACA) as a catalyst for hospital merger activity. But even before ACA, the trend toward supersized hospitals and mega health systems was well underway. As highlighted in the NY Times, hospital mergers have more than doubled […]

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Healthcare IT Outsourcing To Hit $50B In 2018

Healthcare IT outsourcing will reach $50.4 billion worldwide by 2018 – up from $35 billion in 2013, according to a new report from M & M, a market research company. The firm says insurers, health systems and pharma companies are driving the market, utilizing outsourcing to "enhance their focus on core business, reduce operational and maintenance […]

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