First steps toward integration of divergent information systems.
Because of increased vertical and horizontal integration of health care businesses, integration of health care data is more crucial than ever. One hospital's first steps in this direction consisted of development of an online physician's office billing system through which users could access the hospital mainframe and data programs.
D003201:Computers; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007615:Kansas; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008838:Microcomputers; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010824:Physicians' Offices; D011216:Practice Management, Medical