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M Menduno

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PubMed1999

Net profits.

As Web traffic surges, health care has become a speed zone all its own. Sixth in Internet content, health sites draw two-thirds of all online users at least once. That's set off a race among the developers of specialized hubs aiming to organize it all--and cash in. "It's a land grab," says one player. "All of a sudden everyone woke up and said, 'We gotta do this.'"

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PubMed1999

Apothecary.now.

The race is on to e-volutionize the nation's $100 billion prescription drug business à la Amazon.com. There's just one cyber-size glitch: Most doctors aren't set up for e-commerce, which means calling, faxing, or snail-mailing scripts to Internet pharmacies. E-volution? Maybe. Revolution? Hardly.

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PubMed1999

Old tech gets hip again.

Telemedicine goes deep in the heart of Texas. Pagers get more persistent in St. Louis. And an e-network spans Spokane. From idea to method to gadget, innovative communication in today's digital economy typically involves all three. In each of our three profiles, organizations have pushed old boundaries--and bumped against new ones--in their search for a speedier response, better care, and lower costs. Each added value by putting existing technology to a new use, not the other way around. They all broke new ground by pairing developers with the people taking advantage of their innovations. And all agree: They're hardly finished yet.

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PubMed1999

E-commerce. Point, click, purchase.

Many in health care may still be technology-shy, but there are big savings to be found in business-to-business e-commerce. Some experts estimate that electronic purchasing can trim 18 to 45 percent of costs out of the health care supply chain. That could revolutionize the $140 billion supply industry--but only if buyers and sellers can get on the same page. A whole host of companies are springing up to make that link. It won't be easy. "Anyone can do online ordering," says Joseph Miccio of NCI Consulting. "The real challenge for these vendors is to simultaneously connect all the players in the supply chain through a common database."

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