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Health information services technologies

Published: January 1, 1996

Category: Bibliography > Papers

Authors: McCracken SB

Countries: United States

Language: null

Types: Care Management

Settings: Health Plan

J Ambul Care Manage 19:90-97.

ISYS Group, Des Moines, IA, USA

Increasing demands for provider profiling have led to the growth of health information services units within payers and health plans. An important decision faced by these groups is whether to buy or build the information infrastructure necessary to support the activities of the department. The article offers an overview of a system that was collaboratively designed and built by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa and the Dartmouth Medical School. A case study illustrating the flexibility of the information system in adapting ambulatory care groups to the fee-for-service payer industry is reviewed.

PMID: 10154373

Practice Patterns Comparison,Payment,Resource Use,United States,Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans/organization & administration,Community Health Planning/methods,Community Health Planning/statistics & numerical data,Data Collection,Diagnosis-Related Groups,Health Care Costs,Health Services Research/statistics & numerical data,Information Services,Iowa,Models,Organizational,Small-Area Analysis

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