title: Clinical integration. Fast forward to clinical integration.
abstract: Clinical integration has vaulted from idea to imperative, thanks in part to the new health reform law. This first installment of H&HN's series on the implications of the law looks at two health systems at very different points on the path to clinical integration.
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000458:organization & administration; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D018854:Managed Competition / Q000458:organization & administration; D008824:Michigan; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States