Juicing up the freedom trail: Boston partners break ground for a data highway

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Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Partners HealthCare System are planning to establish a computer network that will provide information links between the two networks' health care facilities. Partners HealthCare System is the alliance formed by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. The electronic network will allow different facilities to share insurance information, lab results and services provided. Electronic information access will also reduce wait time and make the facilities more efficient.

Medicine, Joint ventures, Information services, Information storage and retrieval systems, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Inc., Partners HealthCare System Inc.

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Salt Lake City: hospital giant gives longtime market leader a competitive nudge

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The pending acquisition of Health Trust Inc by Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp would provide tough competition for Intermountain Health Care Inc, the largest healthcare provider in the Salt Lake City, UT, region. Intermountain owns the region's largest hospital, eight other hospitals and manages six health care plans. Columbia would gain eight hospitals in the area, plus the two it already owns, through the acquisition. Public health statistics for the four-county region are provided.

Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Public Health Care, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Market share, Public health, Salt Lake City, Utah, HCA Inc., Health Trust Inc., Intermountain Healthcare Inc.

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Stone Age solutions? IS vendors aren't keeping pace with today's delivery needs

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Survey results indicate that most hospital information system managers and chief information officers are not fully satisfied with their information systems. Only 48% of respondents said that they are satisfied with their systems, while the rest indicated that they are at least somewhat dissatisfied. Nearly 50% of respondents said that their systems do not support communication to outside-the-hospital care-delivery sites.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Computers & Auxiliary Equip, Evaluation, Computer industry, Product development, Cover Story, Surveys, Hospital information systems

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