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A hospital network has one headquarter, usually within one of the regions served by the network facilities. [1] (The terms hospital system and health care system are used more broadly to define the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of a region or country.)
An integrated delivery system (IDS), also known as integrated delivery network (IDN), is a health system with a goal of logical integration of the delivery (provision) of health care as opposed to a fragmented system or a disorganized lack of system.
EHNAC grew out of the 1993 Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) meeting, sponsored by the Network Architecture and Accreditation Technical Advisory Group. The healthcare transactions industry agreed there was a need for a self-governing body to develop standards for the industry, and the Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions (AFEHCT) championed the cause by sponsoring ...
Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. (2000) To Err is Human. Building a Safer Health System. National Academy Press, Washington. (p. 211) “A system is defined as a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish a specific aim.”
A health system, health care system or healthcare system is an organization of people, institutions, and resources that delivers health care services to meet the health needs of target populations. There is a wide variety of health systems around the world, with as many histories and organizational structures as there are countries.
Health Current grew out of a gubernatorial executive order in 2007. [21] Delaware Health Information Network Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) is a non-profit public-private partnership enacted by the Delaware General Assembly in 1997. DHIN has adopted regulations to govern its operations and has policies and procedures.
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) is a non-profit organization based in the US state of Illinois. [1] It sponsors an initiative by the healthcare industry to improve the way computer systems share information.
The Public Health Information Network (PHIN) is a US national initiative, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for advancing fully capable and interoperable information systems in public health organizations. [1] The initiative involves establishing and implementing a framework for public health information systems.