Telemedicine and the sharing economy: the "Uber" for healthcare

Am J Manag Care. 2016 Dec 1;22(12):e420-e422.

Abstract

Telehealth platforms, which include both competitors and complements to traditional care delivery, will offer many benefits for both consumers and clinicians, and may promote increased specialization and competition in service delivery. Traditional medical services providers face a challenge similar to that faced by traditional taxicabs after Uber entered the marketplace: how to compete with a connection services platform that threatens to disrupt existing, regulated, and licensed service providers.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Competitive Medical Plans / organization & administration*
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / organization & administration*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Program Evaluation
  • Telemedicine / organization & administration*
  • United States