title: Virtual healthcare--linking firms to form all-star teams.
abstract: A new, cyber-sounding word is creeping into the healthcare lexicon. The term "virtual" is being used to describe integration initiatives that don't require a merger of assets. A main attraction of virtual integration is that a healthcare delivery system can be created without investing huge amounts of capital to acquire the pieces.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pallarito
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005376:Financial Management; D006761:Hospitals; D007256:Information Systems; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010067:Ownership; D010820:Physicians; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States