Solutions improve integration, coordination of services across large regional organization.
In examining more than 530 non-specialty regional IHNs, SMG cited Sentara's level of integration and its ability to offer a full spectrum of services as primary reasons for its top selection. Among the categories examined in the annual ranking are services and access, hospital utilization, physicians, integration, financial stability, outpatient utilization and contracts. Sentara is one of only three healthcare systems in the nation to be named to the Top 10 for the four years the survey has been performed. Bernd noted that an effective integrated healthcare system enables patients to move more easily from one affiliated service to another, receiving care in a more-coordinated and efficient manner. It's a win-win for patients when their physicians, hospitals and health plan are all working together to improve the quality of their care.