Clinical Integration: Linchpin of Real Reform

During the year-long debate over health care reform, removing barriers to clinical integration received far less attention than it should have. It was preempted by debate over more voluble issues like single payer options, individual mandates, and filling donut holes. Now that attention has turned to making health reform-officially, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010-work for patients and caregivers, the issue is getting the attention it deserves