The first physician from his area, he later constructed a medical network throughout Darfur to report rapes and other violence.

The medical network in the Vorkosigan's District has been one of her pet projects.

What is more, the medical networks add administrative expenses, typically equal to 5 percent of the employer's medical bill.

Traditional healers are a part of the medical network here because there are far too few Western-style clinics to help the sick.

These sanitariums evolved into hospitals, forming the backbone of the Adventists' medical network.

But for the insurance companies, medical networks also represent a substantial gamble.

Under managed care, an employer pays a fee to a medical network, usually called a health maintenance organization or a preferred provider organization.

And when negotiating a contract with a health plan, Columbia offers a medical network that includes not only its facilities but also the services of certain doctors.

Two organizations have recently begun medical networks in the United States that will send a local doctor to your hotel if you become ill while traveling.

They'll be out of business unless they can ally themselves with the medical networks that increasingly control hospital admissions.