title: Health IT: the glue for accountable care organizations. Four big systems show how they're using EHRs, connectivity, and data warehouses to drive ACOs.
abstract: Healthcare organizations moving into the uncharted territory of accountable care organizations (ACOs) face technological and organizational challenges that could stop their fledgling attempts in their tracks. Many have embraced health IT as the key to establishing successful ACO models.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terry
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D018854:Managed Competition / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008331:Management Information Systems; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems