E-Health Two-Sided Markets

by Vivian Vimarlund

Author	: Vivian Vimarlund
Publisher	: Academic Press
Total Pages	: 227
Release	: 2016-12-01
Genre	: Computers
ISBN	: 0128054417

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E-health two-side Markets: Implementation and Business Models presents empirical models and suggestions that focus on how to remove barriers to deliver online services across borders and how actual barriers affect business models in a two-sided market with regard to eHealth. Technological innovation and business developments in online trade result in fast-evolving markets with the continuous emergence of new products and services, thus requiring a specific approach. This book discusses how to develop innovative and cost-effective implementation strategies for complex organizations, the importance of barriers and facilitators for two-sided markets when implementing e-health services and/or IT based innovations, which pre-requisites have to be achieved in complex organizations that act in two-sided markets when implementing e-services, the ecosystem for implementation of services and innovations in complex organizations, and its effects for business models. This book is a valuable source for researchers in medical informatics, and is also ideal for stakeholders, consultants, advisors, and product designers involved in eHealth services. - Presents guidelines that can be used as examples of pros and cons in two-side markets - Provides knowledge that enables readers to identify the changes that need to be considered in budget proposals for eHealth implementation - Includes examples of business models applied in two-side markets, diminishing external effects and failures

Building Continents of Knowledge in Oceans of Data: The Future of Co-Created EHealth

by A. Ugon

Author	: A. Ugon
Publisher	: IOS Press
Total Pages	: 996
Release	: 2018-05-18
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1614998523

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The domain of eHealth faces ongoing challenges to deliver 21st century healthcare. Digitalization, capacity building and user engagement with truly interdisciplinary and cross-domain collaboration are just a few of the areas which must be addressed. This book presents 190 full papers from the Medical Informatics Europe (MIE 2018) conference, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in April 2018. The MIE conferences aim to enable close interaction and networking between an international audience of academics, health professionals, patients and industry partners. The title of this year’s conference is: Building Continents of Knowledge in Oceans of Data – The Future of Co-Created eHealth, and contributions cover a broad range of topics related to the digitalization of healthcare, citizen participation, data science, and changing health systems, addressed from the perspectives of citizens, patients and their families, healthcare professionals, service providers, developers and policy makers. The second part of the title in particular has attracted a large number of papers describing strategies to create, evaluate, adjust or deliver tools and services for improvements in healthcare organizations or to enable citizens to respond to the challenges of dealing with health systems. Papers are grouped under the headings: standards and interoperability, implementation and evaluation, knowledge management, decision support, modeling and analytics, health informatics education and learning systems, and patient-centered services. Attention is also given to development for sustainable use, educational strategies and workforce development, and the book will be of interest to both developers and practitioners of healthcare services.

Novel Applications of Virtual Communities in Healthcare Settings

by El Morr, Christo

Author	: El Morr, Christo
Publisher	: IGI Global
Total Pages	: 271
Release	: 2017-10-31
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1522529594

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Virtual communities have gained popularity in many growing fields and have continued to expand into healthcare environments. Analyzing the impact these communities have can help provide more effective methods to support patients and community members. Novel Applications of Virtual Communities in Healthcare Settings is a crucial scholarly reference source that examines the challenges virtual communities can face, as well as the advantages they provide to members of healthcare organizations. Featuring pertinent topics that include evaluation frameworks, disaster management, knowledge translation, and user engagement, this book is ideal for medical practitioners, academicians, students, and healthcare researchers that are interested in taking part in the latest discussions of virtual communities within medical fields.

The Antitrust Paradox

by Robert Bork

Author	: Robert Bork
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 536
Release	: 2021-02-22
Genre	:
ISBN	: 9781736089712

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The most important book on antitrust ever written. It shows how antitrust suits adversely affect the consumer by encouraging a costly form of protection for inefficient and uncompetitive small businesses.

AI Innovation in Services Marketing

by Correia, Ricardo

Author	: Correia, Ricardo
Publisher	: IGI Global
Total Pages	: 314
Release	: 2024-05-13
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	:

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The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a transformative wave, disrupting trends and reshaping the landscape of services marketing. As businesses grapple with the interplay between evolving consumer behaviors and the progression of AI, a critical need emerges for a guide to navigate this complex terrain. The stakes are high, and the challenges are multifaceted from redefining customer experiences to addressing ethical considerations in the age of automation. In response to these pressing issues, AI Innovation in Services Marketing stands out as a source of insight, unraveling the complexity surrounding the integration of AI in services marketing. This book endeavors to equip readers with an understanding of how AI is not just a tool but a force driving profound transformation in services marketing. Through a lens focused on real-world examples and insightful case studies, it illuminates the impact of AI on productivity and customer experiences. Beyond the transformative power, the book grapples with the ethical considerations that arise in the wake of AI adoption in services marketing. It seeks to guide both academics and practitioners, offering a resource to harness AI strategically, optimize services, and maintain a competitive edge in the global market.

Medical Entrepreneurship

by Lukman Raimi

Author	: Lukman Raimi
Publisher	: Springer Nature
Total Pages	: 380
Release	: 2023-01-06
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 9811966966

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This book brings together conceptual, theoretical, policy-based, and empirical contributions from multidisciplinary lenses to bridge the existing knowledge gap in the field of medicine, entrepreneurship and health economics. This book serves as a much needed intellectual resource providing guidance to the entrepreneurial-minded medical doctors (Medipreneurs), social entrepreneurs, policymakers, academics on the subject matter with a view of applying the knowledge gained for reinvigorating the healthcare delivery system leveraging a business approach. The contributions serve as a guide to connect entrepreneurially with market opportunities, especially to provide relevant health-oriented products, services, technologies and other medical solutions for social impact in the developed and developing countries with the overarching goal of assisting policymakers to accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3).

Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine

by Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela

Author	: Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela
Publisher	: IGI Global
Total Pages	: 1197
Release	: 2016-05-04
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1466699795

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Patients and medical professionals alike are slowly growing into the digital advances that are revolutionizing the ways that medical records are maintained in addition to the delivery of healthcare services. As technology continues to advance, so do the applications of technological innovation within the healthcare sector. The Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine is an authoritative reference source featuring emerging technological developments and solutions within the field of medicine. Emphasizing critical research-based articles on digital trends, including big data, mobile applications, electronic records management, and data privacy, and how these trends are being applied within the healthcare sector, this encyclopedia is a critical addition to academic and medical libraries and meets the research needs of healthcare professionals, researchers, and medical students.

PHealth 2017

by B. Blobel

Author	: B. Blobel
Publisher	: IOS Press
Total Pages	: 232
Release	: 2017-05-05
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1614997616

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Smart mobile systems such as microsystems, smart textiles, smart implants, sensor-controlled medical devices and innovative sensor techniques have become important enablers for telemedicine and next-generation health services, with social media and gamification adding further to personalized health (pHealth) as an eco-system. This book presents the proceedings of pHealth 2017, the 14th in a series of international conferences for personalized health held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in May 2017. The conference series, which began in 2003 as a dissemination activity in the framework of a European project on wearable micro and nano technologies for personalized health, presents advances in wearable or implantable micro-, nano- and bio-technologies for healthcare and wellness, and brings together expertise from medical, technological, political, administrative, and social domains, and even from philosophy and linguistics. The book contains keynotes and invited papers, as well as 16 oral presentations and 8 poster presentations. Encompassing diverse fields such as medical services, public health, prevention, social and elderly care, wellness and personal fitness, the book will be of interest to practitioners from various medical and health disciplines, as well as developers and administrators, provider institutions, and patient and citizens representatives.

MEDINFO 2017: Precision Healthcare Through Informatics

by A.V. Gundlapalli

Author	: A.V. Gundlapalli
Publisher	: IOS Press
Total Pages	: 1440
Release	: 2018-01-31
Genre	: Medical
ISBN	: 1614998302

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Medical informatics is a field which continues to evolve with developments and improvements in foundational methods, applications, and technology, constantly offering opportunities for supporting the customization of healthcare to individual patients. This book presents the proceedings of the 16th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics (MedInfo2017), held in Hangzhou, China, in August 2017, which also marked the 50th anniversary of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA). The central theme of MedInfo2017 was "Precision Healthcare through Informatics", and the scientific program was divided into five tracks: connected and digital health; human data science; human, organizational, and social aspects; knowledge management and quality; and safety and patient outcomes. The 249 accepted papers and 168 posters included here span the breadth and depth of sub-disciplines in biomedical and health informatics, such as clinical informatics; nursing informatics; consumer health informatics; public health informatics; human factors in healthcare; bioinformatics; translational informatics; quality and safety; research at the intersection of biomedical and health informatics; and precision medicine. The book will be of interest to all those who wish to keep pace with advances in the science, education, and practice of biomedical and health informatics worldwide.