title: [Networking of medical activities from a medical standpoint].
abstract: The current healthcare system has reached its structural limits. The change of structures raises the expectation of improvements in quality and economic viability. The legal framework for such changes are given from the legislators within the GMG 2004. In view of the integrated medical care approach, the sectorally-organized care must convert in a care process without sectoral boundaries. To implement such models, professionally-led management associations are indispensable.
authors.affiliation: bastian.steinberg@dgn.de
authors.forename: Bastian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012944:Social Support