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What is Healthcare Industry

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Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts
The health profession industry which offers services in relation to the preservation of health by preventing or treating illness.
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Key Adoption Challenges and Issues of B2B E-Commerce in the Healthcare Sector
Chad Lin (Curtin University of Technology, Australia), Hao-Chiang Koong Lin (National University of Tainan, Taiwan), Geoffrey Jalleh (Curtin University of Technology, Australia), and Yu-An Huang (National Chi Nan University, Taiwan)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-042-6.ch011
Abstract
Although B2B e-commerce provides healthcare organizations a wealth of new opportunities and ways of doing business, it also presents them with a series of challenges. B2B e-commerce adoption remain poorly understood and it is also a relatively under-researched area. Therefore, case studies were conducted to investigate the challenges and issues in adopting and utilizing B2B e-commerce systems in the healthcare sector. The major aims of this study are to: (a) identify and examine main B2B e-commerce adoption challenges and issues for healthcare organizations; and (b) develop a B2B e-commerce adoption challenges and issues table to assist healthcare organizations in identifying and managing them.
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The healthcare industry is a broad sector encompassing various goods and services related to the maintenance and improvement of health. It includes hospitals, medical clinics, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, health insurance providers, and other entities involved in the research, development, manufacturing, and delivery of medical products and services (OpenAI, 2023 AU25: The in-text citation "OpenAI, 2023" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
Published in Chapter: Case Studies; From: A Critical Examination of the Recent Evolution of B2B Sales
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