title: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise: a primer. Part 1. Introduction.
abstract: Does the subject of this series of articles intrigue you but you're not sure if the topics covered really apply to you and your practice? Before you read another word, go to the end of this introduction and seriously try to answer the questions posed there. If you answer "yes" to questions 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7, you need to read these articles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 10 N Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Channin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D011873:Radiology Information Systems