Health System Vs Vertical Integrated Model

The integrated system in health is aimed to ameliorate the quality of care in general. It should impact the cost and the safety in the healthcare delivery. In the United States, it exists two major models of integrated health system; that are the horizontal health system and vertical health system. It is possible to add another model called virtual integrated health system. Before continuing, it is necessary to know what each model is. In fact; the horizontal integrated health system is when physicians or other professionals form a group or joint a group to work together in the settings belong to them in one management. Usually, that module of group is a small group; allowing the physicians to diversify their activities based on the specialties that are included in their group. The advantages of that model are the improvement of the care of care, the possible reduction of the cost since they need more patients; therefore, they should bend the cost curve. The risk being the possibility to lose money and the fluctuation of the physicians’ income. While the vertical integrated model is the belonging of the physicians to the non-physician’s organizations such as hospitals,
They provide care from basic to high level of eye surgeries. It consists in different ophthalmologists which rotate in Johns Creek, Cumming, Canton, Buford, Marietta and Alpharetta. By personally visiting that group, I can affirm that the cost is high comparing to other ophthalmologists solely operating in Georgia. Nevertheless, that center serves the communities of Georgia. It is a small group of ophthalmologists, no large as quest diagnostics or LabCorp. LabCorp which is a large successful horizontally integrated organization operating in networking and partnership with other testing structures inside and outside the United States with several outsources centers in different