Industry Trends

For patients, being able to reach their doctors by video visit, phone call, or email is incredibly convenient, but physicians have been overwhelmed by the constant communication.

Lee, head of Microsoft Research, is tasked with assessing the implications of the tool for medicine. And he thinks it could increase efficiency and even empathy in the healthcare system, as well as boost biomedical research.

The high level of variance that plagued hospital margins over the past three years is beginning to subside among pricing and inflationary pressures affecting expenses.

With job openings increasing quickly, and hiring numbers remaining stable, labor costs are going up in the healthcare services industry, providing another reason for a decline in dealmaking.

The American Hospital Association says a recent analysis by health economists claiming that nonprofit health systems are seeking taxpayer subsidies for investment losses last year is "patently false."

The industry’s unconditional excitement for novel platforms has come back down to earth.

In a statement hospital officials said analysis of COVID’s impact on operations dictated the change.

With offices in New York, Princeton and San Francisco, the firm currently manages over $1 billion in assets.

Payer-provider convergence and nontraditional buyers continued to make headlines with Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical, CVS’s acquisition of Signify Health, and Optum’s acquisition of LHC. Looking ahead to 2023, VMG Health expects dealmaking to heat up due to three persistent factors.

Government regulators, media journalists, some health care practitioners, and private parties are watching PE investment with growing suspicion that profit-driven goals may conflict with the quality of care for patients.