A Wave of Hospital Mergers

Here is a new megatrend. There will be a wave of new hospital mergers in the coming years. Hospitals need to access capital in order to purchase expensive equipment and build new facilities. But margins are getting very thin and access is very difficult for the smaller, stand alone hospital. So look for many mergers soon.

Primary Care Physicians - A Shortage

We do not have enough primary care physicians [PCPs] and the shortage is especially acute in rural and urban poor areas. In the USA there are about 30% PCPs and 70% specialists. In other countries of the developed world, the ratio is the opposite. And PCPs now need to attend to many more patients with complex, chronic diseaes that last for life and require a team-based approach to care. Rather than be an interventionalist, the PCP must become an orchestrator.