title: Managing healthcare: a view of tomorrow.
abstract: This paper presents a vision of the future in which standards exist at all levels necessary to accomplish true interoperability. The infrastructure has been established to support connectivity among all healthcare-related institutions as well as the population at large. Provider and patient care integrated in the process of an individual's care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Straube
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000639:trends*; D009819:Office Visits / Q000639:trends*; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled