THE CONTINUUM OF CARE
	The problem isn't managed care; nor is it clinical quality management, resource management, case management or any of the other individual management issues commonly cited. The real issue is how to manage change and make it intrinsic to the mission and culture of your institution. Your institution's success will depend upon its ability to redefine itself for the long-term changes, while managing the short-term tactical strategies.  The enormous pressure, both external and internal to make incremental changes must be overcome because substantial change determines success or failure in this new environment. Health care must be delivered in a continuum: a clearly defined, yet seamless process composed of what used to be a series of independent departments. In a continuum, those departments must be viewed in an inextricably linked process. That linkage is based on a shared vision and effective communication among all involved - those who deliver care, provide access, manage resources, provide documentation and assure outcomes, quality and revenue.  We at Health Systems Management Network have specialized in the radical overhaul of management processes and systems for documentation and clinical data, patient access, resource utilization, patient accounts and management information at healthcare institutions across the United States.  Documentation flows through every facet of your institution. It is the foundation of all clinical, professional and administrative communication. Therefore, only an institutionwide clinical documentation management system will truly support the vision and your quest for quality and revenue.  Documentation is the continuum of care.
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