Accenture

The solution, called vorvida, is launching for patients in the United States dealing with problematic alcohol use.

Under the deal, Accenture will provide digital data integration services to Roche's NAVIFY Tumor Board solution.

The findings come from an online survey conducted between July and August 2017, that was further supported with in-depth research and phone interviews.

Also, 77% of respondents would use virtual services to track health indicators like blood pressure and glucose levels; and 76% for follow-up appointments.

On the other hand, the number of doctors who think patients should have access to their health records has dropped from 31 in 2014 to 18 percent today.

The number of these companies has spiked from 4 in 2010, to 42 in 2014, with annual investment growing at an annual rate of 224% over the same period.

The failure to align mobile apps to the services consumers' demand could cost each of these hospitals, on average, more than $100M in lost annual revenue.

If primary care physician's (PCP) time is reduced by only 5 minutes, that could free up the equivalent of 37,000 PCPs, without the need to hire more doctors.

The share of "digital" acquisitions is expected to expand by a multiple of eight, from 1 percent of overall acquisition volume in 2014 to 8 percent by 2018.

However, this will allow big companies to mine these "zombie" start-ups for talent or innovative technologies that could bolster existing solutions.