Client-server design provides model for 'coopetition' alliances.
As healthcare organizations move from isolated departments to integrated information sharing, who will pilot this change? Both the director and manager of pathology data systems at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor suggest vendors, system integrators and hospital administrators put aside competition and try a new concept--"coopetition"--to solve the problem.
Friedman
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BA
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
Barnes
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BW
D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D004465:Economic Competition; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007221:Industry; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D014481:United States