The delivery of healthcare is undergoing significant changes owing to medical and technological advances. These trends are particularly promising for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which are grappling with rising …
Jad Bitar

Jad Bitar
Jad Bitar is a core member of Boston Consulting Group’s Health Care practice. Jad has worked with numerous health care providers, public health entities, and private players on large-scale transformations, change management initiatives, national strategies, operational excellence, and innovation. Jad has more than 20 years of professional experience in both the private and public sectors in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
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Rapid economic advances in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have improved living standards but simultaneously brought about an increase in public health problems prevalent in developed societies around the …
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The region’s healthcare sector currently faces several pressing priorities, including rising rates of lifestyle ailments such as diabetes and heart disease, a growing population and problems of accessibility and quality …
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Economics & PolicyHealthcare in the Gulf
Prosperity’s diseases
by Jad Bitar & Pierre assouadby Jad Bitar & Pierre assouadThe countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have young populations and are economically classified as emerging markets, but in terms of public health they already rival the problems of …
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Economics & Policy
Executive Insight – Making smart investments in healthcare
by Jad Bitar & Ahmad Khalilby Jad Bitar & Ahmad KhalilThe Middle East is in the midst of a social transformation, with people aspiring to better lives, including better health. Governments are trying to meet this need at a time …
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As IT makes strides into healthcare, physicians and patients are starting to experience the enormous benefits of having access to medical information where and when it is needed most. Increasingly, …