GLG Topic: Healthcare Consulting

Rexam's results show why successful healthcare packagers are often niche players. Healthcare packaging is a diverse field encompassing rigid containers in all shapes and sizes and unlimited varieties of flexible forms, materials and shapes. For large players supporting high speed capital intensive manufacturing...

For one reason, this industry has outperformed the commercial average for the most recent eight years. Secondly, demographics are driving medical services. More of the population is aging. People are living longer. And Medical technology is improving at a rate that provides new and better healthcare...

The Jones Act Trades are attractive in one sense, limited competition; but unattractive in another sense, the high cost of building and operating a fleet. Most service providers in the Jones Act Trades today have aging fleets that require replacement in the not too distant future. The cost of building Jones...

Osteoporosis is a major issue in the aging population. Fractures of the hip and spine can be catastrophic occurrences for the elderly as even with surgical and image guided treatment, the ensuing morbidity can alter a patients life style. Reducing osteoporosis can reduce medical costs but preventing...

For the first time a major comprehensive authoritative national study (by PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP) has concluded that over one half of the nation's $2.2 trillion in annual health spending (fully $1.2 trillion) is wasted.  Other studies have put this percentage in the 25 to 40% range. ...