Hospital-physician alignment takes on new urgency

Unlike CEOs in other fields, where standardization of supplies and processes helps control costs, the hospital CEO typically yields to the demands of the physician so as to please the customer. Hospital administrators are recognizing the need to become better aligned with their physician staff so th...

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Published inHealthcare Purchasing News Vol. 32; no. 8; p. 50
Main Author Sears, Nick
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nashville Endeavor Business Media 01.08.2008
Subjects
Hospitals
Medical equipment
Medicare
Physicians
Purchasing
Reimbursement
Surgeons
United States > US
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Summary:Unlike CEOs in other fields, where standardization of supplies and processes helps control costs, the hospital CEO typically yields to the demands of the physician so as to please the customer. Hospital administrators are recognizing the need to become better aligned with their physician staff so that physicians and hospitals work together as partners. The current financial landscape requires that physicians and hospitals help one another with their respective challenges.
ISSN:1098-3716