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Top healthmatters:
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The seeds of many of 2017s issues were sown in 2007
Top health industry issues of 2007 Top health industry issues of 2017
Obesity is the new smoking, with employer incentives Diet-related health issues, including obesity, are addressed by
considered to push employees to lose weight. health organizations and employers focusing on nutrition.
Industry embarks on digitalization with slow electronic Nearly 90% of hospitals have basic EHRs. The question now is
health record (EHR) uptake. Less than 9% of hospitals how to use emerging technologies such as blockchain, drones
have a basic EHR system. and artificial intelligence.
Volume to value is in early days, as CMS begins its Volume to value is in full swing. CMS and private plans are
push to tie payments to quality and drive the industry nudging providers to take on more downside risk.
toward greater transparency.
Consumer-directed health plans start to grow. Just three Millions of Americans are in high-deductible health plans,
million Americans have consumer-directed plans. leading providers to modernize their payments systems
to handle the surge in consumer credit card charges.
Retail clinics are in their infancy. In 2006, 90 are in operation More than 3,000 retail clinics are in operation. One in three consumers
and about one in 10 consumers have been to one. have visited one. This drift to new venues is part of the trend
prompting medical schools to rethink how they train young doctors.
Drug prices draw scrutiny as 42 blockbuster products lose Drug prices again are facing public and political attention.
their patents in 2007, representing $82 billion in sales. Industry moves to regulate itself in response to pressure.
Source: Top health industry issues of 2007, Top health industry issues of 2017, Surviving seismic change: Winning a piece of
the $5 trillion US health ecosystem, Healthcare's new entrants: Who will be the industry's Amazon.com?
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Under any healthcare reform, consumers care most
about their premiums
Consumers pointed to the cost of their monthly premium, coverage of services and
medications, and provider network as their most important considerations when choosing
a plan from a health insurance company.
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Source: PwC Health Research Institute analysis of CMS MSSP ACO performance year 2015 results
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Phishing, email compromise and ransomware top list
of healthcare security issues
Percentages of payers and providers reporting each type of security incident
31%
Phishing
22%
Business email
compromise
16%
Ransomware
Source: PwC Tech breakthroughs megatrend: How to prepare for its impact, PwC Health Research Institute analysis
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Public and private sectors are working to boost the
antibiotics pipeline
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Phase 1 Acute bacterial skin and
skin structure infections
13 6
Phase 2 Complicated urinary
tract infections
6
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Phase 3
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Source: PwC Health Research Institute analysis of the US Department of Health and Human Services Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data
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Most consumers dont have strong feelings about
healthcare mergers
Consumers were asked whether consumers benet, lose, or neither benet nor lose when one
healthcare organization mergers with another. They also were given the option of answering
that they were unsure. Percentage of respondents for each option:
56%
50%
40%
30% 27%
20% 17%
10%
0%
Consumers Consumers lose Consumers
neither benefit with mergers benefit from
nor lose, or mergers
respondent was
unsure of impact
Source: PwC Health Research Institute Consumer Insights Survey, fall 2016
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Clinicians: Primary care docs will spend more time
analyzing data, triaging
HRI asked clinicians whether they believe primary care physicians will spend more or
less time on the following activities
Percentage of clinicians who believe that in 10 years primary care physicians will spend...
10%
0%
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