title: The trouble with CHINS (community health information networks).
abstract: If one had to choose a single acronym that captures both the vision and folly of today's health care industry, it would be "CHIN." The term--which stands for "community health information network"--combines the idealism of community-based health care with the promise of computer automation. Ironically, the acronym may come to be synonymous with "sticking your neck out"; these costly computer networks presuppose a quixotic collaboration among hospitals and health systems long at one another's competitive throats. For CHINs to succeed, they must overcome barriers that many industry insiders say are insurmountable.
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authors.lastname: Appleby
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009820:Ohio; D010067:Ownership; D014481:United States; D014922:Wisconsin