Healthcare is joining the network economy.
Let’s adapt strategy and business models for
success during the upcoming transformation.
Jessica Hupp at RN Central writes a thought provoking article titled 20 Surprising Ways Wal-Mart Clinics Will Affect US Healthcare. #20 is “Decreased Continuity of Care”. I think this one is debatable, and I’ll offer as #21 “Increased Continuity of Care”. Jessica writes: With traditional doctors, patients have charts and medical records, but at in-store [...]
by David C. Kibbe, MD MBA Dear Colleagues: Thursday I attended a wonderful one day conference, entitled “Health 2.0 — User Generated Health Care.” One of the most interesting events of 2007. Held in San Francisco. I had a chance to talk with Adam Bosworth and Missy Krasner of Google, with Peter Neuport of Microsoft, and [...]
Google Health (GH) could be the event of the decade in advancing health care reform — not just healthcare information technology (HIT) reform, but health care system reform. GH promises simultaneously to create AND dominate the market for next generation personal health records (PHRs). There is nothing else in our solar system or in the [...]
More information on LifeComm, the QUALCOMM sponsored health care MVNO Qualcomm Announces Healthcare MVNO, Medical Connectivity Consulting blog; May 23, 2007 Qualcomm: Mobilizing healthcare through LifeComm, Fierce Wireless; May 23, 2007 What makes an MVNO stick?, Mobile Diner; May 22, 2007 New Emerging MVNO Business Model, TeleBusillis; May 22, 2007 Qualcomm’s LifeComm Lifestyle, Maperture; May [...]
I’m going to try something different in this blog posting. I’d like to introduce a fairly open-ended issue that 1) is of great importance, and 2) is highly debatable. I’ll be the first to admit that my thinking about this is half baked. Here’s the issue. Over the coming years, will health plans and doctors: Continue [...]
Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA is Principal and founder of Better Health Technologies, LLC (http://e-CareManagement.com ). BHT consults to companies in developing strategy, partnerships and business models for chronic disease management and eHealth applications delivered in homes, workplaces, and communities. BHT’s clients — both established organizations and early-stage companies — include: Intel Digital Health Group, Philips [...]
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