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Merging data at center of physician-hospital IT integration challenges

on January 18, 2012  |  Permalink

Topics: Cardiovascular, Service Lines, Data Strategy, Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records Strategy, IT Infrastructure, Performance Improvement

Nicole MacMillan

As physician acquisitions have accelerated in recent years, many hospitals have found themselves faced with a previously unfamiliar problem, the need to integrate data from across multiple organizations. A recent article in Cardiovascular Business profiles Atlanta’s Piedmont Heart Institute and the hurdles they faced as they worked to find an effective and efficient method of data management after merging with three physician practices.

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