KPMG has agreed to acquire the Identity and Access Management business of Silicon Valley-based Cyberinc, which provides cyber security solutions globally. Cyberinc is an independent identity and access management (IAM) technology provider.
Repeated bail-outs to help the NHS cope with pressure on services and finances could become the "new normal", the National Audit Office has said.
It comes after the auditor found NHS bodies used extra funds partly intended to transform services to shore up finances during 2016-17.
The work carried out by consultancies in health and life sciences goes beyond the National Health Service but it is these firms’ involvement in the UK’s taxpayer-funded system that often attracts the most attention.
2017 has seen a lot of trends emerging in the healthcare industry and it is expected to be revamped in the upcoming years The year 2018 is said to witness how technology will contribute in uplifting the healthcare sector with transparency being one of the key concerns.
Health Service chief Simon Stevens wants to make savings on the £15bn bill and divert money to help develop innovative treatments.
The NHS will try to cut £300m from its annual pharmaceuticals bill by using cheaper alternatives to the most expensive drugs
30 consulting firms have been selected by the UK government as preferred suppliers for financial consultancy work. The Crown Commercial Service has awarded the firms a place in their new Management Consultancy Framework, with the total value for financial and audit services in the contract estimated to be worth £690 million over a span of four years.
Fortified Health Security, a provider of healthcare-focused information security, compliance and managed services recently released its annualHorizon Healthcare Cybersecurity Report. The Horizon Report reviews Fortified’s predictions for 2017 and how they fared against reality, while providing a summary of lessons learned during the past year.
China has started rolling out its new fast-track, long-stay visas for “high-end talent”, documents meant to encourage specialists such as top scientists and businesspeople to live and work in China.
Information Technology has revolutionised every industry and brought about substantial changes. It has made the world more interconnected, interdependent and increased the volume of data to be processed enormously.
Vertical Edge Consulting Group, a Professional Services firm and Oracle Specialized Platinum Partner in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) and Oracle Cloud Standard Designee announced today the acquisition of METAVERO, an Oracle Gold Partner consulting firm specializing in Enterprise Performance Managed (EPM) solutions.
The revenue cycle process has continuously evolved over the years to keep pace with changes in the healthcare industry, and 2017 was no exception.
More technology solutions emerged to address value-based payment models, and the patient financial experience became even more important amid the rise in popularity of high-deductible health plans.
2017 was certainly a year to be noted for cyber-attacks and 2018 is going to be equally scorching. For instance, we haven’t yet seen the true impact of last year’s monster Equifax data breach. Equifax offered one year of free identity for those whose information was stolen but this will expire towards the end of 2018
Last year, China said it plans to be a world leader in AI by 2030. Now its capital is building a massive campus to house the AI firms that will power that rise, according to local media outlet Beijing News (link in Chinese).
A rise in digital projects has been a significant driver in global healthcare organisations ramping up their use of management consultants – increasing 8.4 per cent to $9.4bn in 2016.
Over the course of 2017, we’ve interviewed almost 400 senior consulting leaders around the world, usually the most senior person in a territory or industry, picking their brains about the trends shaping their clients’ businesses and the pressures being placed on the consulting model.
MoJ spending huge sums on consultants to help deliver digital courts
Critics express concerns, pointing to lack of detail about contracts as well as history of failure and delays in government IT projects
Global car groups are experimenting with flash sales, endorsements by celebrity fashion bloggers and car vending machines in China, to maximise online sales in this growing market.
China’s online automobile transactions in 2016 hit 1m units, worth Rmb100.7bn ($15bn), according to Frost & Sullivan, a consultancy. To put that in perspective, vendors almost sold more cars online in China last year than they sold in Spain all together.
China has taken the lead worldwide in digital technologies, which are set to transform and create 10 to 45 percent of industry revenues by 2030, according to the latest report released by the think tank McKinsey Global Institute (MGI).
Most retailers understand that commerce will continue to evolve, combining both brick-and-mortar and online elements. The goal is an integrated process that gives consumers a seamless experience and allows companies to capture the maximum operational benefits across both physical and digital operations. So far, no retailer has achieved full integration, but most are somewhere along the path. Many retailers with brick-and-mortar locations have built online businesses, and online retailers are increasingly opening physical outlets to strengthen their brands and engage with customers face-to-face.
China’s central bank is conducting research to issue the country’s own sovereign digital currency, a move in parallel with similar efforts ongoing in Russia, even as the government has doubled down on banning the use and exchange of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.