Distributed knowledge management in health care administration

Abstract

The paper addresses the electronic commerce application field of health care administration. Models for knowledge distribution is a rare commodity in health care administration. Distributed knowledge management (DKM) is a concept that originated as an abstraction of a business model prepared for the mechanical and agricultural industry but holds promises for a more general use. The contribution of the paper is to suggest a new business model based on DKM and show the relevance and applicability of this concept in a totally new context of health care administration.