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New Healthcare Technology from Tech Firms Could Solve Problems

Consumers believe that technology companies not currently in the healthcare industry could be disruptive by offering new healthcare technology and other innovations to solve some of the industry’s biggest problems.

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By Fred Donovan

- Consumers believe that technology companies not currently in the healthcare industry could be disruptive by offering new healthcare technology and other innovations to solve some of the industry’s biggest problems.  

In fact, more than half of 1,501 consumer surveyed by PwC said they were confident that tech companies could help solve many of healthcare’s problems.

Fifty-two percent of respondents said they were (very or somewhat) confident that tech companies could improve patient satisfaction, 54 percent were confident that tech companies could reduce healthcare costs, 53 percent were confident that tech firms could simplify healthcare and make it more transparent, and 58 percent were confident that a tech company could aggregate personal healthcare information and make it more accessible.