Integration: For provider organizations, the unification of two or more previously separate providers under common ownership or control, or the combination of the business operations of two or more providers that were previously carried out separately and independently.

 

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Integration: The process of combining incoming information; one of the functions of the nervous system.

Shadow Integration: This modality is based on Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow--those parts of your personality or beliefs that you do not give a conscious place in your life. The theory is that by putting you . . . View Full Definition

Rolfing Structural Integration: A method to reorder the major body segments, Rolfing was founded by American biochemist Dr. Ida Rolf in the 1940s. Rolfing utilizes physical manipulation and movement awareness to bring head . . . View Full Definition

Postural Integration: Postural integration and energetic integration were developed by Jack Painter in the late 1960s and have spread to Western Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Australia. These approaches focus on th . . . View Full Definition

Clinical Integration: A type of operational integration that enables patients to receive a variety of health services from the same organization or entity, which streamlines administrative processes and increases . . . View Full Definition

Knowledge Integration: Knowledge integration is broadly defined as the assimilation, extraction, transformation and loading of information from disparate systems into a single more unified, consistent and accurate . . . View Full Definition

Soma Neuromuscular Integration: A ten-session system of bodywork, SOMA neuromuscular integration works the fascial network to release chronic, stored structural aberrations; to effectively realign the entire body; and to f . . . View Full Definition

Energetic Integration: Postural integration and energetic integration were developed by Jack Painter in the late 1960s and have spread to Western Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Australia. These approaches focus on th . . . View Full Definition

Structural Integration: Based on the work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf, structural integration is based on the idea that the entire structural order of the body needs to be realigned and balanced with the gravitational force . . . View Full Definition

Cultural Integration: The process of bringing people of different racial or ethnic backgrounds into equal association.