Surmounting health information network barriers: the greater Dayton area experience

T W Ferratt; A L Lederer; S R Hall; J M Krella

doi:10.1097/00004010-199801000-00009

Surmounting health information network barriers: the greater Dayton area experience

Health Care Manage Rev. 1998 Winter;23(1):70-6. doi: 10.1097/00004010-199801000-00009.

Authors

T W Ferratt¹, A L Lederer, S R Hall, J M Krella

Affiliation

¹ Department of MIS & Decision Sciences, School of Business Administration, University of Dayton, OH, USA.

PMID: 9494823
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199801000-00009

Abstract

The greater Dayton area has begun building the nation's first advanced technology community network for sharing patient medical information among independent hospitals. Its success in doing so has resulted from the surmounting of numerous business and technical barriers. Others planning to develop such networks can learn from the Dayton experience.

MeSH terms

Community Networks / organization & administration*
Computer Communication Networks / organization & administration*
Hospital Information Systems / organization & administration*
Hospital Shared Services / organization & administration*
Humans
Medical Records Systems, Computerized / organization & administration*
Motivation
Ohio
Urban Health