Your Integration Can Mean My Disintegration October 4, 2011
Posted by Sanjay Deshpande, MD, FHRS in Health Policy.Tags: Electronic medical records, Health information technology, Healthcare reform, Integrated Delivery Systems
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As a sub-specialist, I am painfully reminded on a daily basis that healthcare for many patients is fragmented. The historical source of fragmentation appears to be the free choice that patients had in selecting their few available physicians and hospitals, based on perceptions of quality, geographic proximity, and short-term relationships with insurance plans. (more…)