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Applying Technology To the Business of Health Care

Advocates for online health services have long argued that the health care-services and health care-products industries could significantly enhance its ability to deliver quality products and services to consumers by using e-commerce to improve access to, and the timeliness and accuracy of, information, delivery and purchasing pertaining to the health care-sector supply chain.

18 minute read May 29, 2012 at 04:48 PM
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Jonathan Bick
Applying Technology To the Business of Health Care

In recent years, health care analysts and advocates of the Internet have raised expectations for gaining significant cost-savings from applying e-commerce to health care-related activities, including the provision of medical services, and for efficient and affordable supply procurement.

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