title: Critical access: the need to connect. Connecting midsize hospitals to rural critical access hospitals is important to the growth of both--but there are things larger hospitals need to know.
abstract: Many small, rural critical access hospitals are reaching out to each other and to larger hospitals as a way of setting up affordable health information technology systems that will meet meaningful use requirements. CIOs who have followed this strategy weigh in on its benefits and potential pitfalls.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daphne
mesh_terms: D057171:American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006276:Health Facility Size; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States