Capital Finance
Boston's Tufts Medical Center and Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, Mass. announced Monday that they are creating a new health system.
With the purchase of Ranbaxy and if it can overcome Ranbaxy's troubles, Sun Pharma will find itself in a global leadership position with huge potential for growth.
Did you know that some facilities use imaging software to perform differential reviews previously done only by trained laboratory professionals? But adding imaging software automation to the hematology lab can tack on $85,000 to $140,000 to the cost of a hematology analyzer.
While chemistry previously ruled hospital clinical laboratories, in today's labs immunoassay is equally important. Indeed, these blended systems represent the lab's largest capital outlay.
Global private equity investment in the healthcare industry has been shrinking for a few years now, but the dropoff has been felt particularly in Europe and the U.S. Asia, on the other hand, is vacuuming up PE dollars lost to the west.
The overall market for angiography services should remain stable in the near future. But one long term growth trend to keep watch on is the shift towards improving prevention based on early identification, reducing risk factors, education and early intervention if necessary.
Hospital Marina Salud de Denia, described as a model for what the hospital of the future should look like, is well on its way to fulfilling its promise. But can its financial achievements be duplicated by U.S. facilities?
Surprisingly, the due diligence process is easier for hospitals acquiring large medical practices than for those buying smaller physician groups. But close analysis of small practice finances is essential during acquisition, as the results determine the very structure of the transaction.
As healthcare reimbursement shifts from a system that rewards quantity of care to quality of care, the onus is on the CFO to determine where best to allocate financial resources and how best to pare them.
If post-acute care providers want to remain viable as businesses, they’re going to have to invest in technology.