Until patients become consumers, that's going to be one of the slower-moving initiatives at athena.
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They also become consumers in every sense that an American would think.
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Having first become consumers, they are now becoming citizens.
Before patients can become savvy consumers of healthcare, they need information about their healthcare choices.
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And it assumes that individual patients can become discerning consumers of health care.
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As men more and more become fashion consumers, there is an inherent built-in growth factor in menswear as a business.
Without government financing those who want a college education would become careful consumers because they would be paying full cost.
Children have become voracious consumers of cellular communication and today are the fastest-growing and most profitable segment of the mobile telephone world.
Concerned about staying active and youthful has always been an obsession for boomers, who have already become heavy consumers of vitamins and purchasers of exercise equipment and health-club memberships.
Robin Cangie wondered how Best Buy can help us all become more responsible consumers.
Mr Ottelini said that Intel had to adapt as smaller, smarter gadgets become popular with consumers.
Have vehicularized and, increasingly, sport-utilitized American consumers become Burroughs' archetypical soft machines, beset and enslaved by hydrocarbon capitalism?
As Chinese consumers become more sophisticated and savvy, they're using fashion to differentiate themselves and project a personal statement.
If patients pay more of the upfront costs of their health care, the argument goes, they will become more discerning consumers.
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As consumers become more educated and more comfortable with technology they tend to want more options, this is part of the history of technology.
And if consumers become more price-sensitive, e-books may become more appealing.
If we consumers become unhappy with the way that Google is presenting information we can move to someone else with a minimum of trouble and fuss.
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Mr. Williams, the Capital Economics economist, said there is an outside chance that sales and prices could shoot up, as consumers become more convinced that real estate is once again a smart investment.
As increasing numbers of consumers become used to the quality of service offered by the best web retailers and service providers, their willingness to accept slum standards in the public sector is coming under strain.
If trust is compromised, as it has been for all email marketers since the recent breach, consumers become more skeptical of email communications, click on offers only after careful consideration and in some cases turn to filters from Gmail, Yahoo and others to help limit promotional email.
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"As Indian consumers become more upwardly mobile and more exposed to foreign brand names, it is inevitable that the Indian consumer will upgrade himself and move up the value chain and try out better brands, so I think that is what UB is trying to prevent, " he said.
"The speakerphone category is a big focus for us and, as the market continues to grow year in and year out, more retailers and consumers become aware of it and realize the benefits of using a device, " said Jonas Forsberg, General Manager North America, Mobile Division, GN Netcom, Inc.
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"Up to this point, the category has not performed to expectations, but manufacturers sense the urgency, and are making sure that they lower prices to the point that Blu-ray players will become irresistible to consumers this holiday season, " said Bruce Tripido, a vice president of marketing at Sharp Electronics Corp.
In contrast, supply-side practices have become more efficient in wealthy industrialized nations, according to Sonesson, but consumers have become much less diligent: "We throw away more food than ever before, " he said.
As brands continue to become increasingly interactive with their consumers, we will expect that they become not only our friends but also our role models for social change.
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The pay-TV industry has become increasingly competitive as consumers have undergone a shift in viewing habits.
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In addition, consumers have become more price sensitive in recent years due to the economic crisis.
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"Consumers have become much more price-conscious, " says Stanton Sheetz , chief executive of Sheetz.
For CMOs and marketing organizations, reaching and engaging consumers has become a frenetic, ever-shifting, always-on exercise.
As a result, the companies and brands represented by these boredom ambassadors become further detached from consumers.
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