title: The utilization management--Internet interface.
abstract: The era of utilization management, in which each physician treatment decision is closely scrutinized, is quickly coming to an end. As utilization management begins to take a back seat to better cost consciousness in many health plans, executives will begin viewing the Internet as the avenue through which traditional utilization management changes.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Services, McKesson HBOC Medical Management Products Group, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000458:organization & administration*