title: EDI and ERP: a real-time framework for healthcare data exchange.
abstract: A framework is presented for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in the healthcare industry. As the total cost of healthcare continues to rise and competitive pressures increase, the ability to reduce expenses while at the same time improving overall business characteristics, create an opportunity and necessity for technology usage. The framework addresses current barriers of EDI setup such as cost and flexibility along with ERP communication between entities. A prototype system is created to show feasibility of recent technology improvements and generate a proof of concept for the real-time framework.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Cleveland State University, College of Business Administration, 44114 Cleveland, OH, USA. joseph.m.woodside@gmail.com
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Woodside
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006285:Health Planning; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D020407:Internet; D012985:Software Design