title: Partners Community HealthCare Extranet (PCHInet): a business plan.
abstract: This article presents an edited version of the business plan for PCHInet, an extranet designed to further Partners HealthCare System's strategic objectives of integrating its physician community, reducing costs, improving the quality of care, and raising the level of service delivery to its medical staff.
authors.affiliation: Partners Community HealthCare, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Franklin
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008404:Massachusetts; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D018511:Systems Integration