M&A Analysis: 3 Benefits of Siemens Healthineers’ $16.4B Acquisition of Varian Medical

Rapid growth in the volume and complexity of data generated in the healthcare sector is driving health providers towards adoption of cloud technology. However, adoption is being slowed by data access, security and cost concerns. With no clear standard implementation model, the diversity of cloud IT implementations in Health IT is also expanding.

A battle is raging in imaging IT today. Once a profitable hunting ground for traditional Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) firms, new market entrants from the content management, archiving and informatics market are looking to disrupt the status quo. Pushing “deconstruction”, “reconstruction” and “distributed” multi-vendor imaging IT models, they have grabbed the attention of healthcare providers.

After months of uncertainty, GE announced it will separate its healthcare business into a stand-alone entity as part of a massive restructuring plan, which will involve a loss of almost 30% of all GE business revenue.