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Who Will be Healthcare’s Amazon.com?
[By PwC Health Research Institute]
New entrants are already having an impact
Abundant opportunity in the expanding health sector is attracting new players from far afield, from Fortune 50 retailers and telecom companies to fledgling startups backed by venture capital.
These new entrants, like health, wellness and fitness, are moving fast with fresh ideas about how to satisfy consumers’ appetites for better health and more convenient, affordable, high-quality care.
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New Business Models
Consumers are ready to abandon traditional modes of care for new ones, suggesting billions in healthcare revenue are up for grabs now. Non-traditional players are creating these new modes of care – from home diagnostic kits that snap into smartphones to online services that can triage and prescribe treatments based on computer algorithms.
They are competing to be the Netflix, Amazon.com or Apple of the US health sector, all disruptors that transformed industries.
The Wellness and Fitness Sector
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More: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2015/06/28/why-i-love-amazon-com-but-wont-buy-its-stock/
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