title: Making the journey into the networked enterprise, Part 2.
abstract: In the May issue of Physician Executive, the authors described the difficulties other industries have had with vertical integration and why so many corporations have abandoned it for other organizational structures. In this second part of the series, they explore the ways health care organizations can make the shift into integrated delivery systems, avoiding the trap of the hierarchical, vertically integrated monolithic structures that will become the dinosaurs of the future.
authors.affiliation: Warren Company, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Somerville
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004465:Economic Competition; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000379:methods*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D014481:United States