title: What the future holds for managed care. From legacy to new generation.
abstract: Legacies used to be legends--each one a proud heritage admired, respected, held in awe. Today they are mainframe, claims-based information system workhorses that cannot keep up with the promise of managed care. But for now, they might just be the best interim solution. The promises of future technologies for the managed care information age are still just promises, according to the experts. If you're thinking of replacing your legacy system, the experts say wait while the healthcare and technology markets try to figure out each other.
authors.affiliation: O'Connor Communications, Inc., Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review