Consulting and outsourcing services provider Accenture has set up an Innovation Center for Health to generate insights and provide health industry strategies and applications. Skip related content
The center is based in London and Chicago and is part of the Accenture Institute for Health & Public Service Value. It will enable the company to address issues of improving the performance of healthcare systems, including the impact of healthcare reform in multiple countries, health information exchanges, electronic medical records, using data to drive clinical transformation and integrated health management, and other payer and provider issues and solutions, including ICD-10 compliance. It will also provide fact-based research reports, organize client workshops, and facilitate industry forums.
Accenture will work with healthcare providers, payers, government health agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and medical products companies to drive innovations in connected health IT solutions, provider clinical solutions, and consumer-centric health management solutions.
Russ Nash, managing director at Accenture’s global health industry practice, said: "In addition to offering high-impact solutions to our clients, we want to help them both understand the market forces driving the need for reform and develop and implement long-term strategies for delivering quality care and services in the most cost-effective ways. The center will provide research, analysis and actionable solutions to the many segments that comprise the healthcare market."
Earlier this month, the company reported a 41% decline in net income to $254.69m for the fourth quarter 2009, compared to a net income of $434m in the same quarter last year. Revenue decreased 14% to $5.15bn from $6bn.
