Anesthesia Mergers: The future for healthcare, and what it means
Anaesthetic mergers: mergers within anesthesia are becoming much faster in the health industry. These are consolidations of anesthesia practices or businesses that can provide services in a more efficient and more effective manner. As the demand for speciality care escalates, these mergers help streamline operations and increase the size of the market as well as enhance the consumer benefit. One of the biggest drivers of anesthesia consolidation are the growing complexity of the healthcare environment. This has serious implications for the practice of medicine as new technology is developed and surgical operations increasingly become more complex. Acquisition by another company allows them to pool resources, streamline overhead and offer more and scale a larger patient base. Anesthesia mergers also solve the problem of not having enough staff! By combining strengths, such consolidated practices could offer better paid contracts and career opportunities for anesthesiologists. This woul...