Business models for sustained eHealth implementation : lessons from two continents
Date
2012-07
Authors
Van Dyk, Liezl
Wentzel, M. Jobke
Van Limburg, A.H. Maarten
Van Gemert-Pijnen, Lisette
Schutte, Corne S. L.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Computers & Industrial Engineering Conference Proceedings
Abstract
There is general consensus that Computers and Information Technology have the potential to enhance health systems applications, and many good examples of such applications exist all over the world. Unfortunately, with respect to eHealth and telemedicine, there is much
disillusionment and scepticism. This paper describes two models that were developed separately, but had the same purpose, namely to facilitate a holistic approach to the development and implementation of eHealth solutions. The roadmap of the Centre for eHealth Research (CeHRes roadmap) was developed in the Netherlands, and the Telemedicine Maturity Model (TMMM) was developed in South Africa. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the commonalities and differences of these approaches, and to explore how they can be used to complement each other. The first part of this paper comprises of a comparison of these models in terms of origin, research domain and design principles. Case comparisons are then presented to illustrate how these models complement one another.
Description
The original publication is available at http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/cie/cie-42
Keywords
Telemedicine -- Maturity model, Telemedicine, Telemedicine -- Business models, Telemedicine -- Implementation
Citation
Van Dyk, L. et al. 2012. Business models for sustained eHealth implementation: lessons from two continents. Unpublished paper from Computers and Industrial Engineering 42, 16-18 July, Cape Town.