Healthcare

Globally, PricewaterhouseCoopers has been involved with both the public and private healthcare markets for many years and has a large number of business advisors with expertise in this industry. In the Middle East, the healthcare industry has recently witnessed major developments and PricewaterhouseCoopers has worked with some of the major players, demonstrating our expertise at all levels.

Key industry issues:

  • Responding to the increasing complexity of the healthcare sector
  • Ensuring that organisations in the health sector operate as efficiently and effectively as possible
  • Introduction of mandatory health insurance and implications for public and private providers
  • The growing role of private sector providers in delivering healthcare services
  • Health information management and IT effectiveness
  • External and internal audit needs
Our team is highly diverse, including both commercial and clinical professionals from a range of backgrounds. The team’s academic qualifications include life sciences, biotechnology, environmental science, accounting, corporate finance, business administration, healthcare administration and public health. In addition, the team includes the clinical expertise of medical doctors, nurses, a physiotherapist and pharmacists.

Our diversity results in a team with unrivalled Middle East expertise and depth of industry knowledge. We are well equipped to provide a broad range of advisory services including: strategy development and business modelling, feasibility studies, financial and operational performance improvement, organisational design and human capital, regulations and compliance, digital health and technology enablement, commercial advisory and master facility planning.

In addition to these services, through the experience of our senior team members, we are able to address a number of emerging issues in the Middle East, for instance: research and clinical development, patient relationship management, wellness programmes and health system payment policies and procedures.

Our capabilities document is available here.