Integrated Delivery System Analysis

In the early 1980s most of the healthcare organizations were primarily independent of one another. In this paper I will explain the different types of healthcare setting and the benefits that are attributed to integrated delivery systems. I will also identify the challenges and drawbacks to implementing integrated delivery systems.

Hospitals are institution that takes care of people that require more than a several hours of diagnostic and therapeutic care. They provide general acute care and surgical services and also selected acute specialty services. Hospitals that provide this general type of care makes up the majority of the hospital found in the local area. Specialty hospital such children’s, women’s, rehabilitation, and cancer facilities may limit their admission to patients depending on their age, sexes, illness, or condition (Gapenski, 2013). For hospital to maintain a standard level of safety and quality, hospital must be licensed by the state, and must undergo inspection for compliance with state regulation (Gapenski, 2013). They are held to these standards by being accredited by The Joint Commission

Another healthcare setting is ambulatory care; they provide services to patients who are not typically admitted to a hospital or nursing homes. Some

First they would be kept under a corporate network system that can track their care, which can minimize in unnecessary testing. The providers will have access to managerial and functional specialist, and an information system that can track all aspects of the patients care (Gapenski, 2013). An integrated delivery system would have a larger, multipurpose organization that would have better access to capital. Healthcare insurers can offer patients a competitive insurance package. In an integrated delivery system a full range of healthcare services can be offered such as chronic disease management, health status improvement