title: Technology. IT comes together.
abstract: After years of decentralizing IT systems, large health networks are bringing back-office functions under one roof hoping for economies of scale.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Versel
mesh_terms: D002497:Centralized Hospital Services; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014861:Washington