title: Breaking down barriers. Information technology and rural health.
abstract: Fifty years ago, the number of beds was the only significant difference between rural and urban hospitals. Health care was a relatively "low tech" business. Hospitals in less-populated areas were able to provide the same services as their big-city counterparts. However, beginning in the 1960s, rapid advances in technology started to put rural hospitals at a disadvantage.
authors.affiliation: Superior Consultant Company Inc., Southfield, USA. jeff_bauer@superiorconsultant.com
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017216:Telemedicine; D014481:United States