title: The tale of a consortium.
abstract: Most articles about health service management report successes, but accounts of failure can be no less instructive. Paul Walker describes the failure of a consortium to develop a computer system for the administration of A&E departments and draws some general lessons.
authors: Norwich Health Authority.
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Walker
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003657:Decision Making; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006126:Group Processes; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009934:Organization and Administration; D013222:State Medicine; D014852:Wales