Strengthening Integration of Health Services and Systems: Integrated care empowers patients and providers. Driver 3: Balance and Integration: When our systems work together, more people will get the timely, quality services they need. A Culture of Health calls for better balance between prevention and acute care services. This can lead to greater efficiency, fewer hospital readmissions and decreased health costs. Measures reflect whether our public health, social service and health care systems are intentionally balanced and integrated. Examples: electronic medical record linkages, hospital partnerships, practice laws for nurse practitioners, social spending relative to health expenditure What is happening in North Dakota for this driver? Is there work being done in this area now? Use Asset map information and expertise of group members to fill in framework. Add additional rows as needed. Entity/Organization Brief description of Location Funding Source Action health State-wide State ND HIN information hub Sanford/Essentia Care Patients of Sanford State-wide Sanford, Essentia Everywhere and Essentia are able Altru will become part of to sign agreement for this also their Epic chart to be shared between organizations that use Epic NDSH, DHS, DOC Computer systems will soon be linked What are ND’s gaps (geographic and programmatic) for this driver?
Strengthening Integration of Health Services and Systems: Integrated care empowers patients and providers. Driver 3: Balance and Integration: When our systems work together, more people will get the timely, quality services they need. A Culture of Health calls for better balance between prevention and acute care services. This can lead to greater efficiency, fewer hospital readmissions and decreased health costs. Measures reflect whether our public health, social service and health care systems are intentionally balanced and integrated. Examples: electronic medical record linkages, hospital partnerships, practice laws for nurse practitioners, social spending relative to health expenditure What is happening in North Dakota for this driver? Is there work being done in this area now? Use Asset map information and expertise of group members to fill in framework. Add additional rows as needed. Entity/Organization Brief description of Action Location Funding Source ND HIN health information hub State-wide State Sanford/Essentia Care Everywhere Altru will become part of this also Patients of Sanford and Essentia are able to sign agreement for their Epic chart to be shared between organizations that use Epic State-wide Sanford, Essentia NDSH, DHS, DOC Computer systems will soon be linked What are ND’s gaps (geographic and programmatic) for this driver?