This year, the health care industry experienced a wealth of change from the ever-evolving Covid-19 pandemic to severe workforce shortages. Our experts reflect on 2021 to bring you the eight most important stories of the year, why they matter, and how to think about them moving forward.
1. Covid-19 continued to dominate the entire health care industry.
Yulan EganYulan Egan, Managing Director, Executive Insights
At the risk of pointing out the obvious, the biggest health care story of 2021 was the same as that of 2020: the Covid-19 pandemic. This has been particularly clear in the second half of the year. As the delta and omicron variants have emerged, we’ve witnessed cases surge up from the optimistic lows we achieved following the initial vaccine rollouts.