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Published on: February 16, 2011

From clinical integration to accountable care.

Mark Shields1

  • 1Advocate Physician Partners, USA.

Annals of Health Law
|September 14, 2011
PubMed
Summary

A clinical integration model, like Advocate Physician Partners (APP), addresses key health care reform challenges. This model improves quality, patient safety, and cost-effectiveness through physician-hospital teamwork.

Area of Science:

  • Health Care Management
  • Clinical Integration
  • Health Policy

Background:

  • Healthcare organizations face challenges including small practices, fee-for-service models, traditional medical staff structures, and the need for insurer partnerships.
  • Advocate Physician Partners (APP) offers a clinical integration model addressing these issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a clinical integration model as a solution to key health care organizational reform challenges.
  • To highlight the success of Advocate Physician Partners (APP) in improving quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness.
  • To introduce an innovative contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois as a prototype for a commercial Accountable Care Organization.

Main Methods:

  • The study describes the clinical integration model of Advocate Physician Partners (APP), involving 3800 physicians and hospitals.

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  • Strategies implemented by APP to achieve success in a commercial Accountable Care Organization contract are detailed.
  • Key strategies include reducing readmissions, avoiding unnecessary admissions and ER visits, expanding primary care, and enhancing quality and patient safety.

    • Main Results:

    • Advocate Physician Partners (APP) has demonstrated successful teamwork between physicians and hospitals.
    • The model has shown improvements in quality, patient safety, and cost-effectiveness.
    • An innovative contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois serves as a prototype for commercial Accountable Care Organizations.

    Conclusions:

    • A clinical integration model, exemplified by APP, can effectively address major health care reform challenges.
    • This model fosters collaboration to improve patient care outcomes and operational efficiency.
    • The developed Accountable Care Organization contract prototype shows promise for future healthcare partnerships.