Beyond the hype: a taxonomy of e-health business models

This paper describes a business model of e-commerce, its application to health care, and the reasons why the health policy community should monitor its development. The business model identifies the market barriers health e-commerce firms must overcome and provides perspective on opportunities for b...

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Published inHealth Affairs Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 89 - 102
Main Author Parente, S T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Health Affairs 01.11.2000
The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE
Subjects
Advertising
Business
Business models
Classification
Commerce
Community Participation
Computer peripherals
Connectivity
Constraints
Consumers
Corporate profits
Data processing
Electronic commerce
Electronic data interchange
Fees & charges
Health care
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health Care Sector - organization & administration
Health insurance
Health Policy
Humans
Information technology
Infrastructure
Initial public offerings
Internet
Investments
Medical records
Models, Organizational
Net losses
Privacy
Public good
Public Key Infrastructure
Quality of Health Care
Software
Statistical analysis
Stock exchanges
Structural health monitoring
Studies
Taxation
Taxonomy
Technological change
Trade
United States
United States > US
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Summary:This paper describes a business model of e-commerce, its application to health care, and the reasons why the health policy community should monitor its development. The business model identifies the market barriers health e-commerce firms must overcome and provides perspective on opportunities for building a health care data infrastructure that is capable of delivering both a private and a public good.
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ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.19.6.89