Healthcare Disrupted: Next Generation Business Models and Strategies

Healthcare at a Crossroad: Seismic Shifts, New Business Models for Success

Healthcare Disrupted is an in-depth look at the disruptive forces driving change in the healthcare industry and provides guide for defining new operating and business models in response to these profound changes.

Based on original research conducted by Accenture and years of experience working with the most successful companies in the industry, healthcare experts Jeff Elton and Anne O’Riordan provide an informed, insightful view of the state of the industry, what's to come, and new emerging business models for life sciences companies play a different role from the past in to driving superior outcomes for patients and playing a bigger role in creating greater value for healthcare overall. Their book explains how critical global healthcare trends are challenging legacy strategies and business models, and examines why historical leaders in the industy must evolve, to stay relevant and compete with new entrants.

Healthcare Disrupted captures this pivotal point in time to give executives and senior managers across pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, medical diagnostics, digital technology, and health services companies an opportunity to step back and consider the changing landscape. This book gives companies options for how to adapt and stay relevant and outlines four new business models that can drive sustainable growth and performance. It demonstrates how real-world data (from Electronic Medical Records, health wearables, Internet of Things, digital media, social media, and other sources) is combining with scalable technologies and advanced analytics to fundamentally change how and where healthcare is delivered, bridging to the health of populations, and broadening the resposibility for both. It reveals how this shift in healthcare delivery will significantly improve patient outcomes and the value health systems realize.

About the Authors

JEFF ELTON, Ph.D., is the Managing Director of Accenture Strategy and global lead of Predictive Health Intelligence and Patient Pathways practices. He is a founder and board member of several therapeutics and healthcare companies. He is a frequent author on topics of health innovation, analytics, and value. He is currently a board member of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council and recent lecturer at the Boston University, Questrom School of Business, Health Management Program.

ANNE O'RIORDAN is the Global Industry Senior Managing Director of Accenture Life Sciences and a member of the operating board of Accenture's Products business. Based in China since 2007, she has worked throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia for the past 25 years, helping pharmaceutical, medical technology, and consumer health companies rethink, reshape, and restructure their businesses to deliver better patient outcomes. She has published numerous articles on the life sciences industry.