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PwC: 4 Main Roles In Which Companies Can Flourish "Prospecting" a Gold Rush in the Health Industry
Submitted by Clive Riddle on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 15:44
- Fixers: These organizations search for ways to improve processes to reduce cost and waste in the system
- Implementers: These groups work across traditional industries to better integrate a converging marketplace
- Retailers: These firms use their deep customer relationships and ubiquitous access to serve new markets
- Connectors: These companies help link information and technology across the health system to provide better analysis
Notes: As PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI) explains in a new report, The new gold rush: Prospectors are hoping to mine opportunities from the health industry, new competitors await at every turn. In fact, 76% of the Fortune 50 companies are now in the health industries or have a health division. In addition, HRI research found that US consumers are willing to spend more than $13 billion of their own money each year on new types of healthcare services and products
Source: PwC's Health Research Institute Report - The new gold rush: Prospectors are hoping to mine opportunities from the health industry
Source URL: http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/publications/the-...
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