title: Data integration: blue skies ahead for network management.
abstract: Managed care organizations with an eye on the future realize that they must make the transition from cost management to quality management. This process relies heavily on the integrity and immediacy of the data that are collected, collated, and interpreted. Physicians and other medical providers will now play key roles in this process because, to date, MCOs have proved more adept at collecting reams of data than at employing data to effectively improve quality and reduce costs.
authors.affiliation: P3, Inc., Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Brosgol
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003363:Cost Control; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D016311:Outliers, DRG; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018511:Systems Integration