title: Grappling with information-sharing strategies.
abstract: Every provider has heard that home care agencies will have to become partners in alliances or members of a network to survive in the future health care continuum. But this poses problems for information sharing, which could affect that continuum. What will it take to hook into the community health care services network?
authors.affiliation: Health Care Information Systems, Bloomfield, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Infiorati
mesh_terms: D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019090:Case Management; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000458:organization & administration; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface