title: A midwestern perspective: the development of community care networks.
abstract: One of the most significant public misconceptions today is that we have a health care system in the United States. For those of us in the industry, we know we have a hospital system, a public health system, a physician system, a financing system, an insurance system and many other systems. But all of these separate systems have not created a health care system--a system of care that is seamless, coordinated and accountable for cost and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Allina Health Systems, MN, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sprenger
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017048:Health Care Costs; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care