A fix at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
OBJECTIVE
A well established teaching hospital geographically isolated is having difficulty getting physicians to refer patients to its island location.


METHODS
1) Purchase an electronic network connecting the hospital with physicians within about a 100-mile radius of the hospital; 2) choose a network that offers physicians insurance and demographic information, test results from various hospital departments. The network also will offer physicians the ability to complete pre-admission paperwork for a patient on the system, as well as obtain discharge summaries. Physicians also will be able to use the teaching hospital's medical library in their offices or in their homes.
D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003197:Computer Literacy; D005843:Geography; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010820:Physicians; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013781:Texas