Yixuan Liu
Assistant Professor of Management
Management Information Systems
Education
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 2020
B. S. Tsinghua University, 2014
Doctors Competing Against Each Other: What's Good for Patients May Not Be Good to On-Demand Healthcare Platforms
Just as you can get a ride through Uber and book a room through Airbnb, you can use an on-demand service platform to make an appointment with a doctor. The doctor will see you through a computer, tablet or smartphone. Such remote consultations help extend healthcare resources from cities to rural areas and may also keep patients from making unnecessary visits to hospitals.