The health information industry is poised for a major metamorphosis in the next few years with the emergence of personal health systems that can mine data stored in personal health records, and the increased use of social computing for personal health purposes.
In order to understand the role health information will play in the future, it’s instructive to look at what role health information has played historically in the lives of consumers. Read a historic review of the role of health information.
Predicting the future is a difficult undertaking, but Clayton Christensen’s theories of innovation provide a useful framework for understanding the potential to disruptive changes in the health information industry in the future, and for what the competitive landscape will look like. Read about the present and future of the health information industry.
Finally, for a quick overview of the topic, see a slide presentation providing a birds-eye view of some of the past, present, and future of the health information industry on SlideShare.net.
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