Disruptors

Rick Scott saw an opportunity.

Brett Hickman, a partner with of PricewaterhouseCoopers, discusses several current hospital trends and suggests a few strategies hospitals may want to consider during these challenging economic time.

Here are the 10 leading trends affecting the medical technology industry for 2009, according to a webinar hosted by Aaron Dickson, co-president of the Toronto-based Millennium Research Group, a strategic research and intelligence firm in the medical technology and pharmaceutical…

Certificate of need laws undercut consumer choice, stifle innovation and weaken markets' ability to contain healthcare costs, said the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission in a joint statement to the Illinois Task Force on Health Planning.

Current hospitals in Oakland County, Mich. are preparing for the first new major hospitals to open in the region 22 years, and many healthcare leaders in the area are wondering about the impact the new providers will have on existing…