title: The IAIMS--an essential infrastructure for increasing the competitiveness of health care practices.
abstract: The eighth annual workshop of the IAIMS Consortium was devoted to exploring how information technology might provide the tools to allow health care practices to compete in the new health care environment while maintaining independence. The options that were discussed included: optimizing care of the patient in the local setting; reducing practice overhead by improving efficiency and effectiveness; and finding innovative strategies for providing health care and new products.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Stead
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Benner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blackwelder
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cooperstock
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Hine
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D016490:Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems / Q000191:economics; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*