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Mergers, Cyber-Threats Top Healthcare Predictions for 2016

The healthcare industry will see greater movement on recent trends in 2016, including more institutional mergers, cyber-threats to medical technology and a continued push to shift care to lower cost, community settings.

by John Reynolds

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The healthcare industry will see greater movement on recent trends in 2016, including more institutional mergers, bigger cyber-threats to medical technology and a continued push to shift care to lower cost, community settings, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute, which conducted a survey on the topic. (Becker’s Hospital Review)

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