Clinical Integration

Reengineering Organized Delivery Systems The Center for Case Management Managed care pressures are forcing the creation of larger andlarger delivery systems, but little is known about how tocoordinate clinical services within these complex systems. This ground breaking resource outlines six specific mechanisms tosuccessfully accomplish clinical integration, and narrow the gapbetween those who manage patient care services and those who planoverall health systems. Written by experts-- executives, doctors,and nurses--the book offers down-to-earth guidance and testedstrategies for creating and improving clinical integration. Throughout the book, the authors include vivid case examples aswell as illustrative tables, diagrams, and figures. Tonges' book should be required reading in all health careadministration programs. Under one cover, this dynamic,up-to-the-moment book shows how clinical integration can and mustbe achieved in today's managed care environment. --Barbara Barnum, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, professor of Clinical Nursing,Columbia University School of Nursing