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Knowledge sharing has been proposed as one of the most effective ways to reduce medical errors, yet research on knowledge sharing with regard to patient safety is sparse. Because employees' knowledge behaviours are enabled or constrained by organisational structures, knowledge sharing can be nurtured or suppressed by organisational structures such as rules and policies. As such, this study integrated organisational structure into the concept of community of practice (CoP) and holistically investigated knowledge sharing with regard to patient safety in the healthcare industry.

A growing number of people are seeking health information on the Internet. To meet demands, healthcare providers are increasingly disseminating information online. While online health information has enhanced the dissemination of health information and improved people's health-related knowledge, critics posit that such dissemination has widened knowledge disparities in health information and health benefits as a result. Drawing on existing studies, this study identified the main causes of such disparity, namely education, health literacy, computer self-efficacy (CSE) and usage of health-related social media. The finding showed that education resided at the centre of the disparity and impacted other elements. An interesting finding is although individuals possess high levels of CSE, the efficacy does not highly impact their health benefits, meaning that computer does not directly cause health information disparity but is the tool to promote health-related knowledge disparity.

This chapter focuses on the role that Blockchain in combination with AI/Big Data can play in addressing the healthcare industry’s severest pain points. The aim is to develop thought leadership on this subject to enable governments, corporates, and developers gain insight and start building out the future. The study found that blockchain in electronic healthcare can avoid adding another layer of organization between the patient and the records and addresses the four major issues such as fragmented slow access to medical data; system interoperability; patient agency; and improved data quality and quantity for medical research.

Convertible bonds have become an important investment and financing tool that can not be ignored nowadays. Given the aging trend in China and the prospect of the healthcare industry, this paper makes a pioneering study on the pricing efficiency of convertible bonds in China’s healthcare industry. Based on the Least Square Monte Carlo method, this paper calculates the daily model prices of 27 convertible bonds in the first six months of their respective equity conversion periods using the parameter data at the daily level and analyzes the overall deviation between the model prices and the actual prices of these convertible bonds in this pricing period using the relevant statistics, thus approximately reflecting the pricing efficiency of the convertible bonds in the whole health care industry. The empirical results show that the price of convertible bonds in the whole healthcare industry may be overvalued in the first six months of the conversion period. There is a positive correlation between the rating of convertible bonds and pricing efficiency. During the pricing period, the overall pricing efficiency of each rated convertible bond in the first half period is higher than that in the second half period. Although the pricing efficiency in the second half period is low, there is no further downward trend.

This chapter uses the seven principles in True Storytelling as a foundation to work with entrepreneurship and startups in the healthcare industry. The chapter is meant as a guide not only to find your own true story but to combine it with the story of your company or startup. It will consist of your own entrepreneurial cases, healthcare entrepreneur cases, and advice for anyone who embarks on the journey of healthcare entrepreneurial projects.