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. 2019 Oct 15;21(10):e13469.
doi: 10.2196/13469.

The Role of the Sharing Economy and Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Opportunities and Challenges

Huailiang Wu #  1   2 , Nga-Kwo Chan #  1   2 , Casper J P Zhang  3 , Wai-Kit Ming  1   2   4
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The Role of the Sharing Economy and Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Opportunities and Challenges

Huailiang Wu et al. J Med Internet Res. .

Abstract

Health care systems worldwide have been influenced by the globally growing trend toward a sharing economy and will likely advance with these trends in the near future. Therefore, based on peer-to-peer relationships between individuals, sharing health care works by renting medical staff, facilities, and other medical resources. Medical data innovation, integration, analysis, and sharing have the potential to dramatically change the current pattern of the health care system and to provide precise and predictive medical assessment for individuals in the future. In addition, artificial intelligence could be useful in the fields of both clinical medicine and medical research and help to minimize the scarcity of human resources and broaden the role of humans in health care.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; health care; health care system; sharing economy.

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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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A comparison of the Health Insurance Systems of mainland China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Source for data on BMISUE, BMISUR, and NRCMS is Han and Meng [13]. BMISUE: Basic Medical Insurance System for Urban Employees; BMISUR: Basic Medical Insurance System for Residents; NRCMS: New Rural Cooperative Medical System; NHS: National Health Service; CHIP: Children’s Health Insurance Program; ALS: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ESRD: end-stage renal disease.
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