[Benefits of integrated care delivery system for heart failure: A case study of Intermountain Healthcare (USA)].

Background: Among chronic diseases, heart failure is a top public health priority both in France and in the United States. If progress is possible in France, the experience from Intermountain Healthcare (IH), in the United States can be a source of significant experimentations.

Aim: To identify the teaching of the clinical integration of the specialists in the field of heart failure with the primary care sector which could be useful in France.

[Application of "disease management" to the organization and compensation of professionals in the U.S.A., Germany and England: prospects for France].

Disease management, developed in the U.S.A.