title: Clinical integration sets the stage for positive change. Goal is to promote higher-quality, more cost-efficient patient services by better coordinating care across a continuum of conditions, providers, settings and time.
authors.affiliation: AHA Solutions Inc.
authors.forename: Keith D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Terry
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States