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If there’s one thing you can count on in the healthcare industry, it is unpredictability. Not only does healthcare delivery evolve on a daily basis as a result of advanced scientific knowledge, but it is also affected by countless other factors. Technology, insurance, legislation and regulation, pharmaceuticals, bioethics, state and federal economy, medical student loan debt, geography and even social media affect the way healthcare is delivered and received.

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Ask any community member or a business looking to relocate, and they will tell you that together with education and public safety, hospitals are one of the indispensable services that lay the foundation for wellbeing and prosperity.

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Under the new healthcare law, most U.S. residents will be required to have health insurance by 2014. About 32 million additional people are expected to enroll in some type of health plan. Evidence suggests that insured people consume twice as much medical care as uninsured people, other things being equal. This means that 32 million people will try to double their consumption of medical care.