I recently did an interview with a market research firm about healthcare IT and specifically about patient portals. They sent me their final report and in that report they shared a graphic of the competitive landscape for healthcare IT (which they said I could share):
I’m sure we could quibble over some of the categories they chose, where a company resides (ie. IBM bought Truven Analytics, so they’re now technically one company), companies left off, etc, but I thought it was an interesting overview of the kind of companies that are trying to make an impact in healthcare.
In fact, what hit me most about this graphic was the diversity of companies that have a foothold in healthcare. I’ve certainly heard and worked with all of the companies on the list. However, I’d never really sat back and thought about the breadth of companies that are trying to do something in healthcare.
Of course, when you think about the trillions of dollars being spent on healthcare, it’s not that big of a surprise that these large companies would want a piece of that large pie. In fact, there are a number of other very large companies that are definitely missing from this graphic (no doubt the graphic wasn’t intended to be comprehensive).
I’d love to hear what other categories of companies you think should be represented on the list. Any other category of companies you see working in healthcare?