Managing information: today's integrated healthcare enterprises.
Managed care forces healthcare providers to focus simultaneously on costs and outcomes. To support the new priorities, providers are creating new business models, moving rapidly to merge, and forming alliances. The industry is witnessing the rise of integrated healthcare delivery systems that encompass hospitals, physician groups, ambulatory clinics, HMO and PPO plans, and other provider facilities.
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Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR.
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