title: Trading up. The right vehicle for the new integrated terrain.
abstract: Imagine the current health care system as a bus with a large inpatient capacity. Now imagine you have to redesign the vehicle into something like a lean Range Rover, while still on the road, to meet the challenges of a wholly new operational terrain. That's the situation facing health care organizations right now, and for many it's a daunting proposition. But research conducted by policy analysts at Northwestern University and KPMG Peat Marwick offers valuable insights that can help providers achieve both the functional integration and the physician/system integration that will be necessary steps in a long journey.
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authors.lastname: Cerne
mesh_terms: D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States