title: The necessity of health information management.
authors.affiliation: IBM Worldwide Healthcare Industry, Hawthorne, New York, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*