title: Enterprise networks. Strategies for integrated delivery systems.
abstract: More integrated delivery systems are making progress toward building computer networks that link all their care delivery sites so they can efficiently and economically coordinate care. A growing number of these systems are turning to intranets--private computer networks that use Internet-derived protocols and technologies--to move information that's essential to managing scare health care resources.
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authors.lastname: Siwicki
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006292:Health Priorities; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017149:Private Sector; D011381:Programming Languages; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States