Helping solve the complex challenges facing the health industry
Closing the social infrastructure gap in healthcare
How finance can play a bigger role in achieving business imperatives
Models to increase financial sustainability and quality in health
How to get the right balance between privacy and value
PwC’s Australia Health Practice works with all segments of the health sector. We bring to health care engagements a depth of understanding and practical experience that can only come from people who have dedicated their professional lives to the industry, supported by the resources of a global firm.
We are a team of over 200 health specialists providing a depth of understanding and practical experience reflective of our dedication to the health industry, with diverse backgrounds including: clinicians, hospital management, policy experts, strategists, actuaries, program directors,technologists to thought leaders in specific topics like e-Health, Mental Health and Disability.
Our Australian team brings experience from the US/Canada/South America, Europe (e.g. UK, Germany, Netherlands), Asia (e.g. China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam) and New Zealand, and we have ready access to the accumulated knowledge of PwC's Global Health Team and PwC's Health Research Institute.
We can work with you to help solve the complex challenges you face. We work on diverse projects, from the development of the most appropriate health policies and strategies, to on-the-ground implementation – working shoulder to shoulder with you and your team.
Our clients include state and federal government, leading private sector organisations such as private insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and new entrants into the health market.
Nathan Schlesinger
Chris Rogan
Tricia Tebbutt
Stuart Babbage
PwC Australia Partner John Cannings was diagnosed in 2014 with a rare lung cancer, ALK-rearranged (or ALK-positive) lung cancer. Less than 5% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer have tumors with a specific abnormality, a chromosomal rearrangement in a gene called ALK. John was one of them.
Could society revolutionise the healthcare industry through wearables? The potential for addressing illness and extending quality of life is huge, but it needs technology like blockchain to make it secure.
We partner with our clients to enable the delivery of sustainable, safe, quality care for their patients and clients. We do this through supporting them to establish and embed robust clinical governance and risk assurance frameworks, systems and processes.
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The Government has considered recommendations presented by the independent review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation - we explore their response to the Review, and what it will mean for Australian individuals and communities.
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As IoT continues to transform industries at an astonishing pace, PwC partner Nick Spooner looks at the opportunities and challenges facing the mining and resources, real estate and healthcare sectors.
We explore the concluded investigation by the Australian Information Commissioner into the re-identification of Medicare service provider data, following the incident of breach in 2016.
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Increasing the financial sustainability and quality of healthcare is essential. This paper reviews alternative and evolving funding models to focus more on value.
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Australia has a relatively advanced and equitable health and ageing system, but if we do not plan strategically for the future and innovate, starting now, we risk in the not-too-distant future having an outdated, unsustainable system, that is unfit for purpose and unable to meet the needs of the population.
We believe that Australia has one of the best health systems in the world. But, the challenges facing healthcare systems today are monumental. Private Health Insurance reform announcements are a good first step but long term healthcare sustainability is needed.
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