Digital Revolution and Innovative Business Models in Healthcare: Global Trends and Russian Realities

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Digital revolution is one of the major global trends resulting in the unprecedented scale and depth of penetration of information and communication technologies into all sectors of national economy, including healthcare. The development of this trend brought about high expectations related to the improvement of quality of medical assistance, accessibility and economic efficiency of healthcare services. However, euphoria of the first steps of digital revolution is passing now, opening doors to more realistic analysis of opportunities and conditions of realization of the true potential hidden in the digital transformation of healthcare. More balanced perception of the peculiarities of innovation processes in the sector is coming together with understanding of the serious barriers, hampering implementation of the new ideas and practices due to complicated interweaving of social, economic, ethical and psychological factors. When taking into account the industry specifics it becomes evident that digital revolution cannot be a quick turnaround but rather would pass a number of phases and is likely to last more than one decade. In this context the article focuses on the prospects of the new business models, capable of making significant changes in today’s economic landscape of the sector (including uber-medicine, retail clinics, retainer medicine, network models of medical services). The authors also provide assessment of the current situation and perspectives of digital healthcare development in Russia.

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A. V. Bereznoy

National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Email: abereznoy@hse.ru

Доктор экономических наук, директор Центра исследований отраслевых рынков и бизнес-стратегий ИСИЭЗ НИУ «Высшая школа экономики»

Адрес: 101000, Москва, ул. Мясницкая, д. 1

Russian Federation

R. T. Saygitov

National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Author for correspondence.
Email: saygitov@hse.ru
Доктор медицинских наук, главный научный сотрудник ИСИЭЗ 
Адрес: 101000, Москва, ул. Мясницкая, д. 11 Russian Federation

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