“I think the traditional definition of an integrated delivery network is going to change.” Those were the words spoken by Sara Vaezy, Providence’s chief strategy and digital officer, during a Reuters ...

Congress is preparing to finalize a health care bill for both chambers to consider. The purpose of healthcare reform is to increase the number of insured, improve the level of health care and reduce ...

Orthopedic Associates of Pittsburgh has affiliated with Highmark‘s Integrated Delivery System. Five OAPGH surgeons began working as Highmark providers on April 1. They focus on knee, foot, ankle, hip, ...

Objectives: With decreasing healthcare reimbursement, nurse administrators need to aggressively manage care for high-resource users of hospital services to ensure the viability of their healthcare ...

Advanced care at home (otherwise known as hospital at home) can be scaled and provide care for a sizable portion of a hospital’s inpatient census, creating hospital capacity in an integrated delivery ...

Payers are demanding that US health care become more accountable and integrated, posing new demands for physicians and the organizations that partner with them. We conducted focus groups with 30 ...