Tincture July 22, 2016
A“Platform Revolution” is sweeping America. Platforms like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Airbnb are turning existing industries inside-out and creating new landscapes never yet dreamed of.
…but healthcare hasn’t been affected much…yet. Below, I’ll briefly explain:
- Why healthcare has been slow to adopt platforms
- What’s changing
- Why in the long-run healthcare promises to become the pinnacleplatform industry.
Why Has Healthcare Been Slow to Adopt Platforms?
There are many aspects of industry structure and dynamics in the U.S. that help explain why healthcare hasn’t been the first industry widely to embrace platforms.
The Hippocratic Oath mantra “do no harm” is a good baseline to begin understanding the conservative nature of the culture of medicine and healthcare delivery.
Healthcare is...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor
Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, EMR / EHR, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, HIE (Interoperability), HIM (Health Inf Mgmt), HITECH, MACRA, Medicare, mHealth, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, Telehealth, Value Based, Wearables