Research Article
Economic Viability of eCare Solutions
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-23635-8_20, author={Jan Ooteghem and Ann Ackaert and Sofie Verbrugge and Didier Colle and Mario Pickavet and Piet Demeester}, title={Economic Viability of eCare Solutions}, proceedings={Electronic Healthcare. Third International Conference, eHealth 2010, Casablanca, Morocco, December 13-15, 2010, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={E-HEALTH}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={eCare Business model Multi-actor analysis Economic viability}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-23635-8_20} }- Jan Ooteghem
Ann Ackaert
Sofie Verbrugge
Didier Colle
Mario Pickavet
Piet Demeester
Year: 2012
Economic Viability of eCare Solutions
E-HEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23635-8_20
Abstract
Provisioning of good quality care to the elderly population and at the same time reducing the pressure on the health care expenditures is a challenging issue for governments today. Many ICT supported, distant care systems (eCare) have been proposed but few have found their way to the market. The problem is to provide a viable business case for each actor involved (including eCare platform, health care and finance providers) when offering eCare services. We have constructed a model for evaluating the (socio-)economic viability of different business models when introducing eCare solutions. A multi-actor approach has been implemented, calculating and evaluating the business case for each actor involved. For a Belgian case we will show (socio)-economic advantages to participate in an eCare ecosystem.