Integrated delivery systems allow medical institutions to use a wide range of services and resources. Moreover, IDS coordinates various clinical services, bringing together disparate hospitals. In this sense, the merger and coordination of different medical institutions lead to the creation of IDS. In turn, integrated delivery systems are designed to gain access to scarce resources. Thus, it becomes possible to identify five areas in which the CMC has IDS components in place (Harrison, 2016). CMC is part of Coastal Healthcare Inc. which includes 24 subsidized corporations. Another area is the CMC management, which includes 20 executives, each with their own executive secretaries. Corporate Staff has eight offices including Office of the CEO, Office of the senior vice president for corporate affairs, and etcetera. Moreover, the functions of the CMC have been duplicated throughout the development of the organization in areas such as transport and education. Finally, CMC contracts with different service providers that deal with housekeeping, food service, and other specialties.
There are five main areas and activities that CMC can successfully integrate into the healthcare system. First, adjustment and assistance will allow CMC to improve the process of providing care to patients based on their personal information (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2019). Second, alignment and advocacy will help CMC influence society and raise awareness. Patient education will help institutions such as CMC to increase patient engagement in their own health. Finally, there is a rapid development of the Internet and its individual resources at the moment (Chen et al., 2017). In this sense, the CMC should integrate the latest technologies into its structure and improve IT departments to keep following the progress.
References
Chen, M., Ma, Y., Li, Y., Wu, D., Zhang, Y., & Youn, C. H. (2017). Wearable 2.0: Enabling human-cloud integration in next generation healthcare systems. IEEE Communications Magazine, 55(1), 54-61.
Harrison, J. P. (2016). Essentials of strategic planning in healthcare (2nd ed.). Health Administration Press.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2019). Integrating social care into the delivery of health care: Moving upstream to improve the nation’s health.