Network adequacy Health Dictionary

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Standards for provider networks to maintain sufficient numbers and types of providers to ensure accessibility of services without unreasonable delays.
Health Source: Community Health
Author: Health Dictionary

Community Health Information Network (chin)

An integrated collection of computer and telecommunication capabilities that permit multiple providers, payers, employers and related health care entities within a geographic area to share and communicate client, clinical and payment information.... community health information network (chin)

Integrated Delivery System / Integrated Services Network (isn)

A network of organizations, usually including hospitals and medical practitioner groups, that provides or arranges to provide a coordinated continuum of services to a defined population and is held both clinically and financially accountable for the outcomes in the populations served.... integrated delivery system / integrated services network (isn)

Network

An affiliation of providers through formal and informal contracts and agreements. Networks may contract externally to obtain administrative and financial services. The term can also refer to an individual’s social network. See “social network”.... network

Rural Health Network

Any of a variety of organizational arrangements to link rural health care providers in a common purpose.... rural health network

Social Network

An individual’s web of kinship, friendship and community ties.... social network

Social Network Care

See “informal care”.... social network care

Academic Health Science Network

(AHSN, academic health science centre, academic health science system, academic medical partnership) a regional partnership between one or more academic institutions (typically universities) and one or more health-care providers (in England, typically foundation trusts) with a twin focus on promoting economic growth in the region covered and improving the health of the population. Many AHSNs also include third-sector and industry partners and most have a role in providing education and training. The fifteen AHSNs across England were established by NHS England in 2013 and represent a national expansion of the earlier Academic Health Science Partnerships (AHSPs), which were first set up in London in 2007.... academic health science network



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