From Trust to Use and Beyond Chapter Eight | Page 3

HOW MERGERS AND
ACQUISITIONS
WILL CHANGE
HEALTHCARE
IMAGING STRATEGIES
IN 2017 AND BEYOND.
Healthcare organizations are combining forces for the same reason so many companies
worldwide are merging—to reduce costs, to reach new markets, to increase efficiency, to
take advantage of economies of scale.
Meanwhile, the world moves forward inexorably toward increased emphasis on outcomes,
increased collaboration among healthcare providers, and increased availability of data to guide
healthcare decisions—not just clinical decisions, but also administrative decisions about the
most effective patient care. Patients have increased awareness of their options to participate
in their own care, with information that includes not only access to their healthcare records,
but also to their images.
CONSOLIDATION IN HEALTHCARE WILL CONTINUE AT RECORD
LEVELS, BUT, AT LEAST IN IMAGING, YOU CAN BE READY.