As technology advances and costs fall, the use of telemedicine expands, but obstacles to achieving e-health success remain.
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As technology advances and costs fall, the use of telemedicine expands, but obstacles to achieving e-health success remain.
Concerns about healthcare reform legislation dominated the 2011 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey. In the annual survey, the top leaders of healthcare organizations nationwide shared their opinions about the challenges they face in the upcoming years in the era of healthcare reform.
Outsourcing of physician talent is not just for the ED anymore. From the rise of hospitalists to anesthesia and beyond, companies with hundreds of physicians under contract are expanding their relationships with hospitals as goals for quality, patient safety, and throughput become more critical to maximizing reimbursement.
Conducting a hospital valuation is a complex undertaking, and getting it right is essential if all parties in the merger or acquisition deal are to be satisfied. That's why most finance leaders look to outside sources to help measure assets and assign a market value.
As hospitals take to the idea of telemedicine, they’re partnering up to provide the best stroke care possible, even if from afar.

The trend of mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and affiliations of healthcare organizations continues, creating ever-larger entities and sometimes unlikely bedfellows. How long will it persist?