Implementing organized delivery systems: An integration scorecard

Organized vertically integrated health systems are in a key position to play a major role in present health care reform efforts. To demonstrate a competitive advantage in the new health care environment, however, integration efforts must be successful. Based on a national study of nine organized del...

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Published in:Health care management review 1994, Vol.19 (3), p.7-20
Main Authors: Devers, Kelly J., Shortell, Stephen M., Gillies, Robin R., Anderson, David A., Mitchell, John B., Erickson, Karen L. Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory care
Comprehensive Health Care - organization & administration
Economic Competition
Efficiency, Organizational
Financial management
Health care delivery
Health care industry
Health Care Reform
Health Services Research
Horizontal integration
Hospital systems
Information management
Models, Organizational
Multi-Institutional Systems - organization & administration
Organizational Objectives
Organizational structure
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Quality control
Statistical analysis
Strategic planning
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Systems Integration
United States
Vertical integration
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Summary:Organized vertically integrated health systems are in a key position to play a major role in present health care reform efforts. To demonstrate a competitive advantage in the new health care environment, however, integration efforts must be successful. Based on a national study of nine organized delivery systems, this article develops measures of three types of integration that occur in vertically integrated health systems—functional, physician-system, and clinical. These measures can be used as a "scorecard" to assess progress toward achieving integration objectives.
ISSN:0361-6274
1550-5030
DOI:10.1097/00004010-199401930-00003