One unmistakable sign of healthcare’s influence are the investments companies like Apple, Google, Alibaba, Amazon, and others have made in the space. They’ve become giants largely based on their ability to understand human behavior and influence our daily habits.
In their never-ending pursuit of growth, they are now focusing on promoting preventative health, offering insurance, and fighting COVID through contact tracing, telehealth, and logistics expertise, among other healthcare exploits. Given their scale and track records of creating shareholder value, some of these efforts are likely to succeed, which could enable new service models and alter the types of organizations participating in the healthcare ecosystem.
Healthcare Will Determine the Future of the Gig Economy
A disproportionate amount of the job growth over the next decade will be in healthcare, which already employs 19 million workers in the United States, a number not accounting for the 50 million unpaid caregivers.
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