Are provider integrated delivery systems the final step to integration?
Provider integrated delivery systems are not the final step to full-fledged integration, states author R. Daniel King, president of Medi-Call of St. Louis Inc. While a PIDS is on the way, true interdependent integration takes place when the community joins with the integrated system to represent all phases of the health care continuum and assumes some of the responsibility for planning. These community integrated delivery systems (CIDS) should be the aim of integration.
Medi-Call of St. Louis Inc., Kirkwood, MO 63122, USA.
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