The mayo clinic model of clinical integration

Abstract The multi-campus Academic Health Center (AHC) of the future will need to be system-based and committed to clinical integration to continue to meet institutional goals and serve the needs of its patients. The key tactics we describe to accomplish this are: - the creation of a central governance body and a single strategic and operational plan - the subsequent development of specialty councils and independent multidisciplinary practices (IMP) - the creation of enterprise-wide specialty departments