HLST 3230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Integrated Delivery System, Primary Care Physician, Cardiology
10 Jan 2019
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All organizations consist of separate but interconnected parts; these parts are supposed to play complementary roles in order to accomplish shared tasks (p) Division, decentralization and specialization found in architecture of complex organizations (hosp) interfere with efficient operations. The fulfillment of organizational aims demands cooperation and collaboration among and between the various components and processes. Integration is the glue that bonds the entity together, thus enabling it to achieve common goals and optimal results: terms. Integrated healthcare: case 1: mr. jones pcp, surgery, radiation (clinical integration) Hypertension these ppl working together is professional int. Will he get well coordinated care that he should get? which leads to clinical. In the current set up of the system his cardiologist will not know what medication and treatment was give by the primary care physician . For his assessment it is imp that all these caretakers be in contact with each other. Care team has to work together: in case of older patients.
