Amplion Blog

Happy New Year! Ready or not, 2019 is here. At Amplion, we’re excited about the opportunities and new beginnings the New Year brings, but we also recognize that the year doesn’t come without challenges.

More than two weeks have passed since the 2018 midterm elections, where an estimated 113 million voters turned out to cast their ballot on the local, state and federal levels. Although immigration, the economy and gun control were hot-button topics, multiple surveys revealed that healthcare was the No. 1 policy issue for both Democrat and Republican voters.

More than 1,000 healthcare innovators gathered for the second annual Health:Further Summit in our own backyard of Nashville this year. We were proud to be a part of Innovator’s Row and to hear our own CEO Tom Stephenson speak about disrupting the status quo in the healthcare industry.

I recently attended a Chief Nursing Officer conference that described the very challenging times that are ahead for modern hospitals. There are several key factors that are occurring over the remainder of the decade: