Summary:

Healtheon is a company to put on your radar screen. Its Internet business model is easily adaptable for future care management applications (disease management, demand management, case management, population health). Depending on your organization’s role in care management, Healtheon might soon be your vendor, competitor or partner.

Background: Healtheon and Its Internet Business Model

The Internet promises two transformational improvements for healthcare applications:

transactions processing
communications (among providers, between providers and patients, and patient access to medical information)

Healtheon’s initial value proposition focuses on improved […]