II. Some Methods of Reducing Cost Time and Risk in the Application of Information Technology in Health Care: A Small Computer Cooperative for Health Agencies

摘要

SEARCH is organizing a Small Computer Cooperative to take advantage of recent advances in microcomputer technology. Benefits in the hardware area will include purchase discounts, group maintenance, short-term rentals, coordination of hardware configurations, central information source and inter-computer data conversion. Software benefits will include purchase/lease discounts, software maintenance, software library and exchange, training and custom program development. A statewide survey of small computer use and interest is underway.