Integration Strategies for the Medical Practice

This resource is written to help you make positioning decisions for your practice. An overview of the historical, current, and future perspective on health care delivery is included, along with information on a physician's responsibilities in the various forms of integration. Strategies for hospitals, physicians, ancillary services, managed care, and technology are given in detail. Integration Strategies for the Medical Practice, Second Edition, helps you to identify the operational strengths and weaknesses of your practice, calculate the current worth of your practice, and advises on selecting the correct partner for you and your practice. Integration Strategies for the Medical Practice, Second Edition, leads you through the decision-making process of integration so you will be best prepared to meet changes wrought by the future, while delivering cost-effective, high-quality medical services to your patients.

Reiboldy, a medical practice consultant, overviews the changing landscape of health care delivery and shows what doctors can do to cope with the reality of managed care, detailing integration strategies for hospitals, physicians, ancillary services, managed care, and technology. He explains how to identify the operational strengths and weaknesses of a practice, calculate its worth, and how to select a partner. There is information on allowing physician input in hospital-affiliated groups, hospital and physician relations programs, and the prospect of a single-payer system. Sample job descriptions, checklists, and surveys are included. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR