The Importance Of Clinical Integration

But, in order to provide this physicians alignment, there is a need for clinical integration. Clinical integration is about coordinating the patient’s care across different entities in order to achieve a timely and effective care (). There are three types of integration which is horizontal, vertical, and virtual integration. The horizontal integration is physicians with group practices either single or multi-specialty (). On the other hand, vertical integration is physicians with hospitals through employment. While virtual integration is through healthcare organization such as physician-hospital origination (PHO), independent practitioner associations (IPA), and accountable care organizations (ACO). () According to researches, there are 6