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Increased doc employment at hospitals a 'building block' for coordinated care
Three major Memphis, Tenn.-based hospital systems have more than tripled the number of physicians employed in the past year, reports the Commercial Appeal. As of late November, the systems employed
Does hospital-physician alignment jeopardize the future for radiologists?
The future of radiology is up in the air thanks in large part to hospital-physician alignment, New York-based radiologist Dr. Helene Pavlov writes in a recent commentary for AuntMinnie.com. While
The myth of physician alignment
"The doctors where I've worked tend to resist top-down efforts to shape their behavior. They prefer inspiration to supervision," writes Dr. Kenneth H. Cohn on Hospital Impact. "To paraphrase a
How to change hospital-physician alignment taboo
Depending on who you talk to, hospital-physician alignment is a loaded phrase. The recently established catch phrase is one that hospitals aspire to hold and one that physician skeptics criticize. As
Physician-executive committee leads to better patient care
Physician-led executive committees can lead to better, more personalized care and more accessible physicians, Dr. John Fortney, chief medical officer and chief operating officer-administrator at
