Medical Entrepreneurship : Trends and Prospects in the Digital Age

This book brings together conceptual, theoretical, policy-based, and empirical contributions from multidisciplinary lenses to bridge the existing knowledge gap in the field of medicine, entrepreneurship and health economics. This book serves as a much needed intellectual resource providing guidance to the entrepreneurial-minded medical doctors (Medipreneurs), social entrepreneurs, policymakers, academics on the subject matter with a view of applying the knowledge gained for reinvigorating the healthcare delivery system leveraging a business approach. The contributions serve as a guide to connect entrepreneurially with market opportunities, especially to provide relevant health-oriented products, services, technologies and other medical solutions for social impact in the developed and developing countries with the overarching goal of assisting policymakers to accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3).

Chapter 1: Conceptualisation of Medical Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 2: Imperatives, Scope and Dimensions of Medical Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 3: Commercial Entrepreneurship and Medical Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 4: Business Model for Medical Entrepreneurship/ Medical Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 5: Medical Ethics and Entrepreneurship: Convergence and Divergence.- Chapter 6: Investment Opportunities in Medical Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 7: Funding Sources for Medical Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age.- Chapter 8: Future Healthcare and Medical Entrepreneurship in the age of pandemic.- Chapter 9: Medical Schools and Curriculum Enrichment on Medical Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 10: Social Entrepreneurship and Medical Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 11: Cases Studies for Medical Entrepreneurship for Medical Schools.- Chapter 12: Requirements for Medical Entrepreneurship/Medical Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 13: Healthcare Consumerism and Implication for Care Delivery.- Chapter 14: Healthcare Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Digital Health Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 15: Future Healthcare Payment Models in Medical Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 16: Medical Courier Services, Medical Writing Services, Medical Waste Disposal Services.- Chapter 17: Medical Escort Services and Medical Tourism in the UK, India and the US.- Chapter 18: Medical Consumables Distributorship in the medical value chain.- Chapter 19: Physical/Occupational Therapy Center and Rehabilitation Center.- Chapter 20: Diabetic Care Center and Nutritionist/Dietitian.- Chapter 21: Alternative Medicine and Healthcare Delivery System.- Chapter 22: Medical Entrepreneurship and Triple Helix Model.