Achieving the integrated and smart health and wellbeing paradigm: A call for policy research and action on governance and business models

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Stroetmann, Karl A ^a  

^a Empirica Communication and Technology Research ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Benefit cost assessment; Business model; Chronic disease cost; Cost saving technology; EHealth; Governance; Health system sustainability; Innovation; Integrated care; Regulatory impact analysis; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

AGEING; BUSINESS MODELS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST ASSESSMENT; COST-SAVING; EHEALTH; GOVERNANCE; HEALTH SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CARE; REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DISEASES; HEALTH; INNOVATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELLBEING;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH POLICY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES;

EID: 84875378899     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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