title: Multiple paths to integrated health care.
abstract: U.S. health systems appear to be making considerable progress in becoming more integrated and in defining their own, unique approaches to integration. Healthcare reform is likely to lead to a rapid acceleration of this trend. The most critical consideration in the integration strategy for any health system is to attend to the role physicians will play in the more integrated system; and the role of physician leadership, in particular, is of quintessential importance.
authors.affiliation: McManis Consulting, Greenwood Village, Colo., USA. kmoore@mcmanisconsulting.com
authors.forename: Keith D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Dean C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Coddington
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D014481:United States