title: Is your agency in a box?
abstract: As discussions and focus turn more and more to "systems thinking" and community integration, it is essential for a home health agency to see itself as an integral component of a seamless health care system. The agency must collaborate and cooperate with other members of the system and understand that while home care is an important part of the system, it is only one of the many pieces in a cooperative health care system.
authors.affiliation: Holland Home Care and the Fennville Health Center, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McKnight
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008824:Michigan; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care