A Prescription For Modernizing Healthcare And More

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After barely surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems now face a new plethora of endemic challenges. These range from the extensive needs of?aging populations, especially in developed economies, and the consequent budgetary strains on the public and private sectors, to rising worker shortages and mounting climate change-related health conditions. Increasingly, the solutions to many of these may be found in a broader incorporation of artificial intelligence and remote technologies.

Did you know??

A recent cyberattack on a healthcare claims processor is costing hospitals $2 billion a week in cash flow?

Given the outsized impact a cyberattack can have on an organization’s operations, finances, and reputation, it is incumbent on boards to have strong cyber resilience awareness and insight which will enable the right posture, practices, and playbooks to be confidently and rapidly deployed.???

Industry briefing?

Climate disclosure: The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule will increase the amount of work on the plates of CFOs. This work will include the development of the climate capabilities required for disclosure, and CFOs will need to become much more intimately involved with the sustainability efforts already underway in their organizations. Our regulatory analysis provides important steps CFOs should take now to prepare for the new rule.?

Commodity trading’s coming-of-age: For the commodity trading industry, 2023 marked a year of rebalancing. By providing stability to existing supply chains and support for emerging supply chains, traders gained influence in the reconfigured landscape. With new leadership and significant cash reserves, commodity trading firms can seize the opportunity to revamp for the future.?

Corporate scoop?

Tackling geopolitical and economic risk: Global banks have rarely operated under such a stringent bank supervisory model. The key for banks, as they develop risk management protocols to suit the environment, is to focus on their strengths while retaining a level of diversification.

Sonic branding: As brands transition from the mere labeling of their products to driving deeper customer conversations across a range of rich motion channels, the brand toolkit has similarly evolved from marks and color to a richer emotional palette of elements, including sound and motion. This new toolkit needs to allow for comprehensive experiential language that encompasses visual, verbal, and emotive cues.

Oliver Wyman in the news?

CNBC: Investor sentiment on China has improved in the last 12 months, Oliver Wyman partner says?

Financial Times: Why Brussels’ reform tsar wants a mindset change in EU capitals?

Fortune: Some managers looking for a discount think it's time to replace you with AI?

The Times: The loneliness of running a business in the regions?

The Times of India: European firms falling behind in climate transition targets?

What's On Dubai: Most UAE workers would choose AI over their human colleagues?

S&P Global: European investment banks fit to vie for bigger share of business in 2024?

Who to follow?

Yoeri Arnoldus, Actuarial leader for the Netherlands?

Jessica Stansbury, partner in our Energy and Natural Resources Practice??

Andrew Penn, partner in our Aerospace, Defense and Government Practice?

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