Making Integrated Health Care Work : The Analysis

by Coddington, Dean C.

• ISBN13: 9781568290102
• ISBN10: 1568290101
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: JOSSEY BASS

Summary

How to Make Our Health Care System Work Co-published with the Center for Research in Ambulatory Health Care AdministrationMaking Integrated Health Care Work shines clear light on the typically obtuse question of, well...how to make our health care system work. Well-written and richly illustrated, the book also makes a good read for all of us who ought to be better informed about what works in health care and what doesn't.--Bob Waterman, co-author of In Search of Excellence, author of What America Does RightA look at the powerful strategies that are making integrated health care systems work?including the use of sophisticated clinical and management information systems, continuous quality improvement, and the reduction of clinical variation through the use of clinical guidelines. The authors describe a number of current and successful methods, and show health care leaders how to apply them in a way that will provide financial incentives and reduce costs.

Table of Contents

A Laboratory of Change

Experiments in Integration

The Different Faces of Integration

Adding Value and Enhancing Competitive Advantage

The Strategies of Integrated Health Care Systems

Optimizing Primary Care Services

Integrating Providers and Health Plans

Reducing Clinical Variation

Integrating Clinical and Management Information Systems

Developing and Maintaining a Common Culture

Aligning Incentives

Lowering Costs

Implementing a System-Wide Financial Plan

Integrated Health Care?Making It Work

The Mature System

The Mid-Stage Organization

The Start-Up Group

The Marketplace of the Future

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