II. Some Methods of Reducing Cost Time and Risk in the Application of Information Technology in Health Care: The Primary Care Cooperative Information Project: A Model for Service and Research in Primary Care

摘要

This paper describes the Primary Care Cooperative Information Project (COOP Project), a program that integrates the interests of community based primary care physicians, medical school faculty, and health policymakers. This integration has been accomplished through the uniting of 44 rural medical practices in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont with faculty at Dartmouth Medical School in clinical research, quality assurance, practice management, and continuing medical education activities.