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The IAIMS

An Essential Infrastructure for Increasing the Competitiveness of Health Care Practices

Affiliations of the authors : Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (WWS, AJO)
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA (SAB)
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (MB)
University of Missouri—Columbia, Columbia, MO (LC)
Yale University, New Haven, CT (JAP)
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (FKR)
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington, DC (PVH)

Abstract The eighth annual workshop of the IAIMS Consortium was devoted to exploring how information technology might provide the tools to allow health care practices to compete in the new health care environment while maintaining independence. The options that were discussed included : optimizing care of the patient in the local setting ; reducing practice overhead by improving efficiency and effectiveness ; and finding innovative strategies for providing health care and new products.