MARKET INTELLIGENCE REPORT
Ashley Chacko
Senior Vice President, Market Intelligence and Strategic Planning at Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company (HOPCo)
Current Publishing 2/18/2025
·???????? Officials from the City of Noblesville joined representatives from the Indiana Orthopedic Institute Feb. 13 to cut the ribbon for opening of the institute’s $35 million flagship facility, a 38,000-square-foot surgery center and medical office building dedicated to advanced orthopedic care and specializing in hip and knee replacement.
The Wall Street Journal 2/17/2025
·???????? Healthcare providers are testing the technology, hoping it will allow them to transport medications and other supplies more quickly and cheaply.
·???????? Hospitals and doctors are increasingly experimenting with the use of drones to deliver medications, lab tests and supplies to patients being treated at home. Some are testing whether drones can be used to deliver organs for transplant more quickly and cheaply. And in some cities, a 911 call today could set off a drone carrying a defibrillator, Narcan spray or tourniquet to the scene of an emergency ahead of the arrival of paramedics.
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Healthcare Dive 2/19/2025
·???????? U.S. hospitals are?busier than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. If occupancy trends continue to rise as expected,?the nation could be on the brink of a bed shortage.
·???????? Average hospital occupancy rates were up 11%?in 2024 compared to 2019,?due mostly to a declining supply of staffed beds rather than an increase in hospitalizations. The average supply of staffed beds fell from 802,000 beds between 2009 and 2019 to 674,000 beds between May 2023 and April 2024.
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McKinsey & Company 2/19/2025
·???????? Despite the slowdown in dealmaking in 2024, there are good reasons to expect greater M&A activity in US healthcare in 2025 and 2026 as many players seek to pursue innovation and growth.