title: A path to integration in an academic health science center.
abstract: This article describes a networking and integration strategy in use at the University of Michigan Medical Center. This strategy builds upon the existing technology base and is designed to provide a roadmap that will direct short-term development along a productive, long-term path. It offers a way to permit the short-term development of incremental solutions to current problems while at the same time maximizing the likelihood that these incremental efforts can be recycled into a more comprehensive approach.
authors.affiliation: Office of Health Sciences Information Technology & Networking, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0704.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Panko
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D016490:Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems; D008122:Local Area Networks; D012577:Schools, Medical