The evolving U.S. health care system continues to steer healthcare organizations and integrated healthcare delivery networks (IDNs) to function as population health networks and ACOs. Policymakers, ...

Background and Goal: Clinical integration involves coordinating ongoing health care services across health professionals, facilities, and support systems to meet patient care needs. Researchers aimed ...

A new partnership with a population health data company is meant to help drive a transformation in clinical integration at NorthShore — Edward-Elmhurst Health (NS-EEH), the system's chief clinical ...

Clinical integration — standardizing clinical practices and processes across providers — can help hospitals and health systems improve quality of care while lowering costs. Rick Lopez, MD, CMO of ...

Imagine being discharged from the emergency room after a severe asthma flare-up, only to return to a home located near factories or congested roadways that heavily pollute the air. Or having your ...

Peter Paige says clinical integration initiatives require inclusion of staff members at all sites of care, adoption of best practices, and explaining why the effort promotes patient-centric care and ...

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission issued an advisory opinion that Norman (Okla.) Physician Hospital Organization’s proposed clinical integration program was not likely to prompt antitrust ...