Healthcare facilities look to data to streamline daily operations
Implications - As brands look to fulfill accelerated consumer expectations around healthcare, various emerging businesses boast models that help illuminate the consumer insights hidden within bioinformatic data. These data-informed business models allow healthcare companies to reevaluate procedures to discover overlooked opportunities, such as the opportunity for the sharing of resources like large-scale medical equipment between facilities. This progression reflects the pressure felt by businesses in all sectors to pass down savings from discerning consumers who increasingly expect it.
Workshop Question - What is the most expensive part of your internal process? What practices from other industries could you borrow to streamline this?
Trend Themes
1. Data-informed Healthcare - Healthcare companies are utilizing data to identify overlooked opportunities and efficiencies within the industry.
2. Sharing Economy in Healthcare - Startups are creating logistics platforms that enable sharing of medical equipment and resources for increased efficiency and cost savings.
3. Internet of Things in Healthcare - Innovative medical platforms are being developed that enable users to collect, maintain, store, assess and share their pertinent medical data with doctors and healthcare providers.
Industry Implications
1. Healthcare Industry - The use of data analytics and sharing economy logistics platforms can improve efficiency while reducing costs in healthcare.
2. Technology Industry - The development of innovative medical platforms and health benefits platforms are disrupting the healthcare industry and opening new business opportunities.
3. Telemedicine Industry - Healthcare apps and telehealth services are bridging the gap between physical clinics and patients, improving accessibility to healthcare services.
