When asked what non-medicalbarriers to care their organizations would address in the nextyear, 63 percent of respondents said care coordination.

Health care executives are keeping an eye on large companiessuch as Amazon, Apple and Walmart, with one-third of executivessaying they are worried about continued disruption from new entrants into the health care market.

This finding is part of the 9th Annual Industry Pulse Survey, conducted byChange Healthcare and the Healthcare Executive Group. The studyfound that one-third of health care executives (32 percent) saidthey felt new entrants into the market would disrupt currentbusiness models.

An accelerated pace of change

“This response suggests that health care leaders recognize thatexternal entrants will force the industry to change how it conductsbusiness,” the report said. It added that change has been aconstant in the industry for years, but the pace of change isaccelerating.

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