| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w13078 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 13078 |
| Information and Communications Technology in Chronic Disease Care: Why is Adoption So Slow and Is Slower Better? | |
| Michael C. Christensen; Dahlia Remler | |
| 发表日期 | 2007-05-09 |
| 出版年 | 2007 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Unlike the widespread adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in much of the economy, adoption of ICT in clinical care is limited. We examine how a number of not previously emphasized features of the health care and ICT markets interact and exacerbate each other to create barriers for adoption. We also examine how standards can address these barriers and the key issues to consider before investing in ICT. We conclude that the ICT market exhibits a number of unique features that may delay or completely prevent adoption, including low product differentiation, high switching costs, and lack of technical compatibility. These barriers are compounded by the many interlinked markets in health care, which substantially blunt the use of market forces to influence adoption. Patient heterogeneity also exacerbates the barriers by wide variation in needs and ability for using ICT, by high demands for interoperability, and by higher replacement costs. Technical standards are critical for ensuring optimal use of the technology. Careful consideration of the socially optimal time to invest is needed. The value of waiting in health care is likely to be so much greater than in other sectors because the costs of adopting the wrong type of ICT are so much higher. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w13078 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/570746 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Michael C. Christensen,Dahlia Remler. Information and Communications Technology in Chronic Disease Care: Why is Adoption So Slow and Is Slower Better?. 2007. |
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