What does the current financial distress in healthcare systems worldwide, coming out of the pandemic, portend?

In the US, hospitals had the worst financial year in recent times in 2022, and maybe ever. This included, labor shortages, particularly in nursing, which existed before the pandemic have increased because of burn out and retirements. Additionally, labor costs have skyrocketed, and inflation has increased costs of supplies and equipment.

 

In this week’s PodChat, a podcast series hosted by experts from Dentons’ Corporate and Restructuring groups, Dentons Partners Daniel Fritz, Neil Griffiths and Sam Maizel discuss the issues this raises for in-house legal teams, hospital closures, faster movement towards tech enabled healthcare, and the reliance on tech enabled healthcare providers.