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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Demands for Healthcare Industry Changes Provide the Soil for Digital Transformation -- 1.1 Problems in the Healthcare Industry and the Impact of Digital Transformation -- 1.2 The Transformation Scenario in E-Health -- 1.3 Distinctive Chinese Healthcare Evolution Surpassing Typical Digital Transformation Developments -- 1.4 Overview of the Book -- 1.4.1 Starting Point -- 1.4.2 Theoretical Approach -- 1.4.3 Research Methodologies -- 1.4.4 Research Route -- 1.5 Structure of the Book |
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2 Digital Transformation, Multi-sided Platforms, and Analytical Framework -- 2.1 Transformation by Business Model Innovation -- 2.1.1 Disruption in Initially Serving the New Market: The Ignored Low-End Market or Non-existing Market -- 2.1.2 Disruption in Serving Complementary Markets -- 2.1.3 Disruption in Integrating and Serving the Whole Value Chain -- 2.2 Multi-sided Platforms (MSPs) -- 2.2.1 Characteristics of MSPs -- 2.2.2 The Importance of MSP Governance -- 2.2.3 Two-Stage Management of MSPs -- 2.2.4 Solving Chicken-and-Egg Problems -- 2.3 Analysis Model Suggested |
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3 Distinctive Characteristics of the Chinese Healthcare Industry -- 3.1 Ongoing Reforms in the Chinese Healthcare System -- 3.2 The Current E-Health Ecosystem in China -- 3.2.1 Key Players in the Chinese E-Health Ecosystem -- 3.2.2 Dominant Players in the Chinese E-Health Ecosystem -- 3.2.3 Interactions Between Players in the E-Health Ecosystem -- 3.3 Distinctive Characteristics of the Chinese Healthcare System -- 3.3.1 The Huge Medical Demands and Significant Imbalances -- 3.3.2 The Improving Medical Insurance System and Higher Percentage of Out-of-Pocket Payment |
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3.3.3 High Concentration of Visits in Comprehensive Hospitals -- 3.3.4 Ongoing Reform on the Multi-site License of Certified Physicians -- 3.3.5 Pressures of Career Advancement for Physicians -- 3.4 Great Opportunities for E-Health and MSP to Disrupt the Traditional Chinese Healthcare Market -- 4 Emerging E-Health MSPs in China -- 4.1 www.chunyuyisheng.com -- 4.1.1 The Involved Sides -- 4.1.2 Services and Advantages -- 4.1.3 The Chicken-Egg Solution -- 4.1.4 Cooperation-Competition with Other Practitioners -- 4.2 www.dxy.cn -- 4.2.1 The Involved Sides -- 4.2.2 Services and Advantages |
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4.2.3 The Chicken-Egg Solution -- 4.2.4 Cooperation-Competition with Other Practitioners -- 4.3 www.xingren.com -- 4.3.1 The Involved Sides -- 4.3.2 Services and Advantages -- 4.3.3 The Chicken-Egg Solution -- 4.3.4 Cooperation-Competition with Other Practitioners -- 4.4 www.guahao.com -- 4.4.1 The Involved Sides -- 4.4.2 Services and Advantages -- 4.4.3 The Chicken-Egg Solution -- 4.4.4 Cooperation-Competition with Other Practitioners -- 4.5 www.manyoubang.com (Manyoubang) -- 4.5.1 The Involved Sides -- 4.5.2 Services and Advantages -- 4.5.3 The Chicken-Egg Solution |
| Summary |
The book addresses the prevalent digital transformation and focuses on its significant disruption in healthcare. In light of the distinctive characteristics and evolution of the Chinese healthcare industry, private multi-sided platform (MSP) companies emerge to offer novel values and explore the industry value chain. Drawing on the management and economics literature of MSPs, this book examines the selected Chinese MSPs and compares them with the counterpart MSPs in the U.S. This analysis highlights how the unfolding healthcare disruption is valuable for both scholars and practitioners to understand the trends and to take effective actions. "Disruptive Innovation through Digital Transformation: Multi-Sided Platforms of E-Health in China" provides readers in the developing and developed countries with insights on how to approach the current multi-sided platform and to resolve the current problems to better serve customers and patients in the healthcare market |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Medical innovations -- China
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Disruptive technologies -- China
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Medical Informatics -- organization & administration
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Medical Informatics -- trends
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Medical Informatics Applications
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Medical innovations
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Disruptive technologies
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Business -- Data processing
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Health services administration
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Information technology
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wu, Yuanyuan.
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Zheng, Jie
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| ISBN |
9789811539442 |
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9811539448 |
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