Critical Components for Clinical Integration Programs

In a perfect world, a Clinical Integration (CI) program is a win -win -win for hospitals, physicians and patients. In the real world it can be a daunting task to align your hospital's goals with that of your non-employed physicians while improving patient healthcare quality.

Crimson Physician Management software is a critical component in the development of a Clinical Integration strategy. Our easy to use software tracks and evaluates physician performance to promote shared quality and cost goals. Crimson Physician Management software is a physician centric tool which helps you manage and develop consistent physician behavior. Our intuitive software is an overlay solution which uses your existing ambulatory and hospital data, to produce aggregated and useful reports and metrics that physicians respect and embrace.

There are many advantages to creating a Clinical Integration program like pursuing joint contracts from health plans, or establishing Pay of Performance (P4P) or gain-sharing strategies. However, the success of these initiatives relies on actionable hospital and physician data. Let Crimson Physician Management software simplify your data into reliable ongoing measures to achieve your CI and long term hospital goals.

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Clinical Integration & Antitrust

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) describes a Clinical Integration program as:

"an active and ongoing program to evaluate and modify practice patterns by the network's physician participants to create a high degree of interdependence and cooperation among the physicians to control costs and ensure quality."

Click here to read a legal perspective on Clinical Integration written by Hogan Marren, LTD.