Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Marshfi eld Clinic Health System (MCHS), a large regional, integrated health system in rural Wisconsin, has been working toward establishing effective alternative integrated care models (ICMs).MCHS's mission aspires to provide high-quality patient care, conduct research and educate next-generation health care providers.The success of medical-dental ICMs is contingent on collaboration among entities comprising their wellintegrated infrastructure (TABLE 1 ), including Marshfi eld Clinic (MC), MC Research (MCRF) and MC Education Foundations (MCEF), Security Health Plan (SHP), its health maintenance organization (HMO) and Family Health Center (FHC) of Marshfi eld, its partnering federally qualifi ed health center (FQHC). Innovation in the Integrated Medical-Dental Care DeliveryMC positioned itself as an accountable care organization (ACO) in 2013, embracing the evidence-based "medical care team" and "medical home" models to achieve managed care.
Author: Amit Acharya
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2433462115