Durable value approach may bring strategic advantage for health care organizations

Health care, like other service industries, offers products to consumers that have "durable" value--for example, a joint replacement that enables a patient to resume activities he enjoys for a many years to come. But health care organizations have done little to make use of these durable value products, writes Scott MacStravic, a principal with Demand Engineering, who argues that adopting a durable value strategic may offer a strategic advantage for health care organizations.