title: Working through the frustrations of clinical integration.
abstract: Everybody--hospitals, physicians, payers and even government regulators--agree that if all of a patient's providers coordinate her care, the whole process would be simpler, safer and more effective. But federal laws, the cost of information technology, physician reluctance to team with hospitals and other factors keep getting in the way. Could those obstadcles to clinical integration finally be melting away?
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D016363:Antitrust Laws; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D007193:Independent Practice Associations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States; D014485:United States Federal Trade Commission