Private equity is an industry that has historically run on conversation and handshakes. Investors turn to their connections for input on which businesses are worth picking up and which are better left on the ground; they rely on conversations held in meeting rooms to come to their final decision on a buyout. In an age [...]
When it comes to private equity investing, financial success hinges on an investor’s ability to weigh the potential for gains against the odds of failure in every prospective buyout. A well-placed and carefully-timed private equity transaction can produce a considerable return; however, choosing a business to pour trust and resources into is rarely easy. In [...]
Private equity firms have long operated like a methodically revolving door: they take in struggling businesses, improve them, and then sell them at a profit a few years later. No company stays in the metaphorical building for very long; given that a private equity firm's intention is always to sell, the walkaround, as it were, [...]
Health care private equity was a standout star in 2018's investment sector, and its place at the head of the pack is likely to continue into the new year. Investors have reason to be optimistic; healthcare-centered investments underwent a boom last year. According to statistics from Bain & Company, the total disclosed deal value reached [...]
Machines are wholly indispensable in today's technology-powered medical landscape. Patients and providers alike trust in the value and security of medical devices. Our trust seems almost necessary; after all, medical technology supports hospital staffers during every minute of every day. The machines they access store vital patient data, facilitate channels of communication, and provide real-time [...]
When it comes to conversations about the potential benefits of blockchain, most people tend to veer towards two topics: bitcoin and cybersecurity. For those of us in the healthcare sector, however, the technology’s value goes far beyond the asking price of the latest cryptocurrency or the ability to create a near-unbreakable encryption wall. Instead, advances [...]
Twenty years ago, the vast majority of physician practices and hospitals seemed to run on paper. Paper records, paper forms, paper notes covered in illegible physician scrawl — few parts of the hardcopy system were ever particularly efficient or helpful. When Electronic Health Records (EHRs) entered the administrative mainstream in the mid-2000s, they revolutionized the [...]
The healthcare sector is notorious for its inefficiency. Each patient's treatment history and health profile presents as a garbled puzzle of information, its pieces cast among various providers and systems. A person who moves from state to state leaves fragments of their overall picture at their former physicians' offices, specialists' practices, and hospital systems. Compiling [...]