Memorial Healthcare has made this change in order to better integrate our physician practices in standardized performance improvement processes and  improve overall quality of care for patients in many ways, some of which include: Building stronger physician-patient relationships, Improving communication frequency and offering more/different/convenient ways to stay in touch (e.g. patient portal, email, online bill pay), Ability to coordinate your care across our continuum and with other entities, Ability to transmit your medical information electronically to specialists, and any other care providers involved in your care.