Hospitals seek strength in numbers.
Six Iowa hospitals that don't have a common owner are banding together to form a health information network using a software system that they couldn't have afforded individually. The network will provide easy access to electronic records throughout a broad, rural area.
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D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007484:Iowa; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012040:Regional Health Planning