Research Summary Assignment

Conduct a literature search for content and articles from reputable online sources, including Web pages and article databases (HU Library and others) for a discussion on the following topics:

1. What are the possible business strategies for healthcare organizations?

• Hospitals
• Clinics
• Private practice
• Pharmacies
• Insurance companies
• Other?

2. Can the strategies discovered for organizations in #2 above be extended for telehealth?

• What are some viable business strategies for telehealth enterprises?
• What are the barriers faced by telehealth strategy?

3. What are the possible organizational strategies for telehealth? That is, how can existing or potential healthcare enterprises organize (structurally), i.e., with regard to physical and geographical locations, organizational form (hierarchical, matrix, etc.), types of work, processes, etc?

4. What are the possibilities for IT strategy for telehealth?

• What generic technologies are available (Web, networking, etc.)?
• What specific technologies are available?
• What technologies are needed?

Address each of the above issues (each major numbered item) through a concise narrative of one-half page to one page. Below your narrative, list the full citation for each source used. If the source is a Web page, provide a properly cited URL source. Provide a PDF version of each source article (exclude Web sources) found. You may use a .zip file to upload the collection of sources if necessary.