Managing multispecialty medical services. A focus on special children and the elderly.
A comprehensive perspective is essential to properly manage medical services for patients with multiple needs. For optimum care, all service aspects must be coordinated and a program format developed to meet individually identified needs. The Gundersen Clinic in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, has designed and implemented comprehensive care programs for two very different patient populations: children with special health and education problems, and the elderly. Many important aspects of a comprehensive care program are examined here, including ease of accessibility and follow-through, cost consciousness, staffing and space considerations, the administrative structure, marketing techniques, and evaluation procedures.
D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D014922:Wisconsin