healthcare

The industry I am employed in is the healthcare industry. Health care can be defined as providing medical products, equipment and services to protect, extend, or increase the quality of patients’ lives. The industry has interrelated providers with different areas of expertise and degrees to keep us healthy. The health care industry is evolving through government intervention. More employers are supporting healthy life styles through incentive programs and employee education initiatives. Clearly, opportunity is being created both by changes in the health care industry itself and by changes in our own beliefs about well-being.
Health-care spending accounts for a large portion of GDP in the United States. Part of the increase in health care spending is due to our aging population with horrible health habits and a desire to live forever. And improved medical care and healthier habits are helping more of us live longer. With average life expectancies now approaching 80 years, the health care industry has many reasons to expand the definition of health care to include a broad array of med...