title: Linking health services at the Community level.
abstract: This study describes a series of interventions linking hospitals, medical staff physicians, long-term care providers and mental health services in the metropolitan area of Syracuse, New York. The objectives of these interventions were to improve patient outcomes and system-wide efficiency. The study demonstrated that these linkages, including system-wide data feedback, contributed to limitation of emergency department overcrowding, reduction of physician lengths of stay, elimination of duplication of medical staff credentialing, as well as access to and efficiency of long-term care and mental health services.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Executive Council, Syracuse, New York, USA. hospexcl@cnymail.com
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lagoe
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pasinski
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kronenberg
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schaengold
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D005246:Feedback; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009518:New York; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care