The US healthcare industry is likely to be the next sector to face major disruption, argues management consultant Helen Leis. Regulatory changes, new ways of using data and improved diagnostic capabilities all enable more individualised care, just as the public is growing to expect the standard of service and personalisation offered by companies such as Amazon and Uber. For example, Cityblock, an Alphabet-backed start-up, aims to take advantage of the new requirement for 50 percent of medical payments to be tied to value by offering innovative data-based primary care and other services to Medicare and Medicaid patients.
The US healthcare industry is likely to be the next sector to face major disruption, argues management consultant Helen Leis. Regulatory changes, new ways of using data and improved diagnostic capabilities all enable more individualised care, just as the public is growing to expect the standard of service and personalisation offered by companies such as Amazon and Uber. For example, Cityblock, an Alphabet-backed start-up, aims to take advantage of the new requirement for 50% of medical payments to be tied to value by offering innovative data-based primary care and other services to Medicare and Medicaid patients.