title: Understanding Business Models in Health Care.
abstract: The increasing focus on the costs of care is forcing health care organizations to critically look at their basic set of processes and activities, to determine what type of value they can deliver. A business model describes the resources, processes, and cost assumptions that an organization makes that will lead to the delivery of a unique value proposition to a customer. As health care organizations are beginning to transform their structure in preparation for a value-based delivery system, understanding business model theory can help in the redesign process.
authors.affiliation: *WESTMED Spine Center, Yonkers, NY †The Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Alok D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sharan
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Alexander R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D017146:Models, Organizational