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Strategic growth through consolidation, optimizing care by finding ways to become more efficient providers make experts' list of healthcare issues to watch in 2015.

Trinity Health is set to expand its risk-based care operations, announcing last week that it will partner with Heritage Provider Network to form accountable care networks linking Trinity’s 86 hospitals with the 37,000 physicians in league with Heritage.

The JPMorgan Healthcare Conference kicked off Monday in San Francisco, one of the biggest events in the world of biotech where investors and healthcare providers come together to see what's cooking at some of the hottest new companies in the sector.

Construction is all but done at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, with a grand opening for the $1.5 billion complex slated for Feb 1. It's the high-tech touches that really set apart this renovation.

Though healthcare is one of the largest markets in the world, spending is actually on the decline when looking back over the past century.

Here's a look at some more recent headlines in the world of healthcare finance.

The company now has 34 intravenous solutions pharmacies nationwide, adding Ambient Healthcare’s 16 pharmacies in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

The systems have become critical to healthcare industry over the past few years due to the increasing adoption of electronic health records and other health information management systems.

While many hospitals are wondering what their access to credit will be in the New Year, experts say little will likely change compared to 2014.

Healthcare services giant Kindred Healthcare has wrapped up its $195 million purchase of Centerre Healthcare Corp., a manager of 11 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals.