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Six Smart Business Model Designs in Healthcare

Brooke Chaplan

March 27, 2015


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Health care is slowly transforming into one of inclusivity for everyone, no matter their age, race, or gender. Little by little, new business models are showing us the possibilities of what health care can truly become. These advancements are some of the most successful in making healthcare work around the country.

Sharing Data
No one wants total strangers looking at their health records. Privacy has always been a challenging hurdle to get over for any facility. Luckily, there is now a system in play where patients can upload their information and share it with whomever they want, while still keeping it hidden from everyone else.

Surgery Ambulatory
Ambulatory surgery development places are popping up all over offering same-day surgery options for those patients who aren’t suffering anything serious enough to warrant an overnight stay at a hospital. This helps free up resources at already overburdened emergency rooms, and according to one of these clinics, Nueterra, it is able to provide more individual care to patients.

Medical Advice Telephone Calls
Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, medical hotlines allow patients to call in with their symptoms to receive treatment over the phone for less than a nickel per day. Only if the symptoms are serious enough, are the callers told to head to a hospital.

Mobile Phones
A device many of carry around with us today, the mobile phone is being targeted as a great way to deliver personalized health and wellness to the masses at an affordable rate. With so many people given access to dependable advice, there will be fewer doctor visits and many more healthy people. Hopefully it will help with education and providing knowledge to patients on the go.

Hospital Management
With the implementation of Obamacare, hospitals are currently undergoing a serious restructuring, the likes of which have never been seen before. Merging rising health care costs and disparity in access is allowing them to make effective changes by opening up better lines of communication for patients and staff.

Preventative Measures
One of the biggest reason for this change lies in the fact that there are too many patients and not enough doctors. The answer is preventing serious problems before they happen. By making regular check-ups more affordable, minor issues can be caught and stopped before they wind up as full blown hospital trips.

The business model of hospitals is quickly changing. By implementing new practices, doctors and nurses the world over are beginning to see the power of both technology and thinking ahead while cheaper health care leads to less emergency room visits. It may still be a few years before these can truly take hold, but the important fact is that change is happening now.


                   



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