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Will Google Health Platformize the Electronic Health Record Market?
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated calls for the development of EHR 2.0 (electronic health record 2.0) – the next generation of EHRs with extended platform features and capabilities.
Who will answer this call? While existing EHR vendors have made modest efforts, the door is open for big tech companies and start-ups to develop functionality to envelop and disintermediate current EHRs. We highlight early efforts by Google Health Care Studio as having the potential to bring platform functionality to a sector of the healthcare industry known for resistance to change and innovation.
Read the full article in The Health Care Blog.
Vince Kuraitis, JD/MBA is Principal and founder of Better Health Technologies, LLC. He brings 35 years’ experience across 150+ healthcare and tech organizations — with a unique focus on assisting companies build platforms, networks and network effects.
Edward G. Anderson Jr., Ph.D is the Mr. and Mrs. William Wright Jr. Centennial Professor for Innovative Technology at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. He is co-author of the books “Operations Management for Dummies” and “The Innovation Butterfly“.
Geoffrey G. Parker, Ph.D. is Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College and a Fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. He is co-author of Platform Revolution, the leading book on platform strategy now available in 10 languages.
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