Using RFID tags for tracking patients, charts and medical equipment within an integrated health delivery network

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Sangwan ◽  
R.G. Qiu ◽  
D. Jessen
Keyword(s):  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Rfid Tags ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Delivery Network

scholarly journals Effect of Medical Oncologists' Attitudes on Accrual to Clinical Trials in a Community Setting

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e275-e283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol P. Somkin ◽  
Lynn Ackerson ◽  
Gail Husson ◽  
Vicky Gomez ◽  
Tatjana Kolevska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
Medical Oncologists ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Health Delivery System

In a large integrated health delivery system with an active clinical trials program, oncologists' participation in clinical trials was quite variable. Oncologist values, beliefs, and awareness of clinical trials play an important role in accrual.

scholarly journals Assessment of Accuracy and Usability of a Fee Estimator for Ambulatory Care in an Integrated Health Care Delivery Network

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. e1917445
Author(s):  
Cheryl D. Stults ◽  
Jiang Li ◽  
Dominick L. Frosch ◽  
Hari Krishnan ◽  
Gregg Smith-McCurdy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Ambulatory Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Integrated Health Care ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Delivery Network

Governing Integrated Health Delivery Systems: Meeting Accountability Requirements

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy Leatt ◽  
Sandra G. Leggatt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Target Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Financing System ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Health Delivery Systems

Many Canadian provincial governments are exploring methods to increase the integration of health services in an effort to improve the care provided, while maintaining or reducing the costs. Integrated health delivery systems are being implemented in the United States, Britain and other European countries. Such systems aim to provide a full continuum of care to a defined target population under a financing system of capitation. This article explores the issues associated with the governance accountabilities of an IDS. A review of potential governance models is completed, and the factors that influence the choice of a governance model for an integrated delivery system are presented. In 1987, Ewell identified governing boards as the weakest link in the integrated health care systems of the United States. It is suggested that early attention to governance in the development of IDS models in Canada may improve the effectiveness of these systems.

A Framework for Assessing the Performance of Integrated Health Delivery Systems

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra G. Leggat ◽  
Peggy Leatt
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Integrated Delivery ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Care System ◽  
Health Delivery Systems

Competing demands for resources within the health care system require health care providers to ensure the most effective and efficient use of resources. The evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions suggests that integrated health delivery systems (IDS) may be a cost-effective way to meet the health care needs of a population. This article introduces a framework for use in monitoring and evaluating the performance of an integrated delivery system. The establishment of a consistently used evaluation framework for integrated delivery systems will provide the government, governing bodies and other evaluators with an effective assessment tool that will enable greater understanding of the impact of the IDS on the health care system. It will also provide information to enable ongoing performance improvements within the system.

Physicians' Perceptions of Integration in Three Western Canada Health Regions

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olive H. Triska ◽  
John Church ◽  
Douglas Wilson ◽  
Rick Roger ◽  
Robert Johnston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Integration ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Functional Integration ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Clinical Services ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Barriers To Integration

Over the past decade, provincial governments have embarked on ambitious plans to better integrate their healthcare systems, through the introduction of regional governance and management structures. The objective of this study was to examine physicians' perceptions of the current level and facilitators/barriers to integration in three Western Canada Health Regions. Three approaches to integration were investigated: functional, clinical services, and physician system integration. Physicians perceived that functional integration within each region was questionable. Clinical services were the least integrated approach. Physician system integration was rated highest of the approaches, particularly adherence to clinical practice guidelines usage. Physicians' perspectives of integrated health delivery systems do not appear to be influenced by regional size, maturity, urbanicity or facilities. Facilitators of integration were communication among health professionals and service providers, and using a multi-disciplinary team approach in delivery of healthcare in both regions. Barriers to integration were organizational culture, access to specialists and clinical services, and health information records. On a scale of 1–5, all three regions are at the beginning of an integrated health delivery system. Three global suggestions were provided to further integration of health delivery services: physicians should be involved in decision-making process at the Board level, clinical services should be patient-centred, and physicians endorsed the use of multi-disciplinary teams.

scholarly journals Hospitals in Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks: Strategic Recommendations

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
The People ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Specialized Institutions ◽  
Care Technology ◽  
Delivery Network

In 2007, PAHO launched the Integrated Health Service Delivery Network (IHSDN) initiative to address the problems derived from the fragmentation of health services and to overcome the structural problems stemming from the widespread segmentation of health systems in the countries of the Region. In the IHSDN initiative, hospitals are an aggregate of specialized institutions that support a highly effective first level of care. Hospitals themselves are defragmented, which is theoretically correct, innovative, and even visionary. However, the IHSDN initiative does not seek to diminish the influence of hospitals in the health system or the importance of their role, but to integrate these institutions so that all their efforts are aligned with the needs of the people and communities they serve through the development of IHSDNs. It is obvious that without hospitals there can be no IHSDNs; however, it should also be recognized that without effective networks, hospitals cannot do their job. The IHSDN initiative presents a change in the role assigned to hospitals, in which they are no longer considered the apex of a pyramid in which the hierarchy is based on specialization to successfully treat disease. Instead, the hospital becomes a very important participant in a service organized as a network, performing specific tasks in a series of processes that cut repeatedly across the health service delivery network and include the participation of individuals and communities. The product of an intense debate and joint effort, this work contains a series of proposals in the six areas considered a priority for developing the new role of hospitals in IHSDNs: governance, resource allocation and incentives, the model of care, technology and infrastructure, human resources, and organization and management.

Overcoming Barriers to Integrated Health Delivery

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROGER S. HUNT
Keyword(s):  
Health Delivery ◽  
Integrated Health

633 Barriers to Patient Attendance for Outpatient Endoscopic Procedures in an Integrated Health Delivery System

2015 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. S-123
Author(s):  
Aaron Lee ◽  
Mohamad Imam ◽  
Charles Kim ◽  
Gatwiri M. Mwiti ◽  
Bechien U. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Delivery System ◽  
Endoscopic Procedures ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
Integrated Health ◽  
Health Delivery System ◽  
Patient Attendance
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