“Ever-increasing healthcare expenditure is signaling a need for the global healthcare business model to move from disease treatment to patient-centric preventative care, and technology is the key enabler to bring about this change, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report released Thursday.
The study attributed the rise in healthcare expenditure to the current healthcare business model, which was further exacerbated by the global recession in 2009. Incentivized by insurance firms, healthcare services providers based their business on repeated visits from patients rather than assisting the patients to lead healthier lives, Frost & Sullivan revealed.”
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Jamie Yap, ZDNet Asia, 22 October 2010
