HIN2/363: Health Care Resource Guide on the Internet

Financing the health care Internet.

Internet-related health care firms have accelerated through the life cycle of capital finance and organizational destiny, including venture capital funding, public stock offerings, and consolidation, in the wake of heightened competition and earnings disappointments. Venture capital flooded into the e-health sector, rising from $3 million in the first quarter of 1998 to $335 million two years l...

Health care marketing and the Internet.

Health Care Reform and the Internet

U. S. health care delivery and administration systems have undergone transformations that create an evolving demand for health information technology (health IT) infrastructure. The successes of both U.S. Health Care reform and the use of the Internet for Health Information Technology (health IT) rely on consumer/patient "trust" that information will remain private and secure and recognizing th...

Sharing Health-Care Records over the Internet

Resource Allocation in Health Care

In many European countries where reforms of the welfare system are underway, reference is often made to the need to ‘rationalise’ the provision of health care. This term is generally used to refer to the need to organise healthcare effectively by reducing waste, containing costs, and ensuring that budgets are adhered to. Actions taken to achieve this are varied: some relate to the provision of ...