title: Client-server technology for merging practices.
abstract: Mergers, acquisitions and multiple care sites have made day-to-day management of information a logistical nightmare for medical group managers. As medical groups consolidate, each care site, typically, joins the new organization using stand-alone billing, accounting and scheduling packages. These legacy systems offer no automated way to transfer information between care sites and a central office. Rather than replacing established operating systems, medical group managers can use rules-based, decision support software and host-based, or client/server, technology. This type of connectivity allows medical groups to collect, process and redistribute key information.
authors.affiliation: Park City Group, UT 84060, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blonsley
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration; D007449:Investments; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States