title: Telemedicine and the sharing economy: the "Uber" for healthcare.
abstract: Telehealth platforms, which include both competitors and complements to traditional care delivery, will offer many benefits for both consumers and clinicians, and may promote increased specialization and competition in service delivery. Traditional medical services providers face a challenge similar to that faced by traditional taxicabs after Uber entered the marketplace: how to compete with a connection services platform that threatens to disrupt existing, regulated, and licensed service providers.
authors.affiliation: UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, 300 Kenan Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. E-mail: millerbj@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Derek W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Chester W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D016536:Competitive Medical Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States