title: System development and integration in healthcare.
abstract: Nurse executives are challenged with integrating services within newly formed healthcare systems. The author provides a theoretical framework for system integration. The developmental process of integration in early system development, including the barriers to integration and methods to facilitate the process, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Stichler Group, Inc., San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stichler
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012961:Sociology; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States