Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to G Blonsley.
The day-to-day management of information is a major challenge for everyone in today's health care environment. Providers of all types are under pressure to find resources that address management issues and improve business operations and, at the same time, contribute to successful clinical outcomes--despite the confusing number of information systems that exist among providers.
Mergers, acquisitions and multiple care sites have made day-to-day management of information a logistical nightmare for medical group managers. As medical groups consolidate, each care site, typically, joins the new organization using stand-alone billing, accounting and scheduling packages. These legacy systems offer no automated way to transfer information between care sites and a central office. Rather than replacing established operating systems, medical group managers can use rules-based, decision support software and host-based, or client/server, technology. This type of connectivity allows medical groups to collect, process and redistribute key information.