Title: Revolution or evolution? An analysis of E-health innovation and impact using a hypercube model

Authors: Jen-Her Wu, An-Sheng Huang, Tzyh-Lih Hisa, Hsien-Tang Tsai

Addresses: Department of Information Management and Institute of Healthcare Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan. ' Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan. ' Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University and Chinese Naval Academy, P.O Box No.90175, Tsoying, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan. ' Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan

Abstract: This study utilises a hypercube innovation model to analyse the changes in both healthcare informatics and medical related delivery models based on the innovations from Tele-healthcare, electronic healthcare (E-healthcare), to mobile healthcare (M-healthcare). Further, the critical impacts of these E-health innovations on the stakeholders: healthcare customers, hospitals, healthcare complementary providers and healthcare regulators are identified. Thereafter, the critical capabilities for adopting each innovation are discussed.

Keywords: e-health; e-healthcare; healthcare informatics; innovation; medical delivery models; m-healthcare; tele-healthcare; mobile healthcare; electronic healthcare; hypercube model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2006.008688

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2006 Vol.2 No.1, pp.12 - 34

Published online: 16 Jan 2006 *

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