A Waterfall Three-Stage Multi-Criteria Decision Making Framework for Value Analysis of e- Health Business Models

摘要

This paper develops a waterfall three-stage multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) framework which evaluates different e-business models throughout sequential stages of a value stream. This waterfall framework integrates three MCDM stages as follows (1) At the upstream stage of the framework, we prioritize e-business models based on their capabilities to capture the optimal value; (2) At the midstream stage of the framework, we rank the e-business models with respect to their abilities to create the best value; and (3) At the downstream stage of the framework, we identify the best-practice e-health business model which can deliver the highest value to patients.