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Consumer focus can spur group practice turnaround.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11407124     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Many healthcare organizations have lost money on their employed group practices. The solution to this dilemma is not necessarily divestment of the group practices. Instead, some healthcare organizations should view their physicians as an asset. Healthcare organizations and physicians need to develop a new framework for their relationship to optimize their competitive advantage. Three guiding principles that will help accomplish this objective are to recast the healthcare organization-physician relationship to focus on the consumer, reconfigure the economic model to exceed consumer demands, and restructure the group practice to encourage fiscal and service excellence. In developing a new relationship framework, the stakeholders need to define the group practice's mission, strategic direction, composition, infrastructure, compensation model, and structure.
Authors:
M S Foreman; A Draper
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association     Volume:  55     ISSN:  0735-0732     ISO Abbreviation:  Healthc Financ Manage     Publication Date:  2001 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-06-15     Completed Date:  2001-07-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8215859     Medline TA:  Healthc Financ Manage     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  79-82     Citation Subset:  H    
Affiliation:
Tiber Group, Chicago, Illinois, USA. shanef@tiber.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / economics*
Economic Competition
Employment*
Financial Management / methods
Group Practice / economics*
Hospital-Physician Relations*
Institutional Practice / economics
Marketing of Health Services
Needs Assessment
Organizational Objectives
Patient-Centered Care
United States

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