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Chapter 6
Clinical Integration
Most physicians are in small practices. No matter what happens in
healthcare reform, that would not change anytime soon. Clinical inte-
gration connects the dots and enables these physicians to meet the
needs of the community.
Lee Sacks, MD
President, Advocate Physician Partners
At this point, we have discussed many different models of physician and hospital
integration. ese all have in common new clinical and financial structures;
however, structure itself is insufficient to obtain greater efficiencies in healthcare
delivery. To get the necessary level of efficiency requires a patient-centric approach
with good financia ...