All health plans are under pressure to improve quality through better information technology to communicate with customers and medical care providers while more efficiently and rapidly processing medical claims for health plan enrollees.

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As consumers demand more powerful smartphones packed with features, device makers are rapidly improving processing speeds and the operating software that drives the phones.

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But recent content collection and data processing advances are changing the game rapidly.

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To be sure, Indian data processing firms still depend for 75% to 85% of their revenue on cheap labor applied to software testing and order processing, but they're adding strategic and innovation consulting services rapidly.

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