I recently read an article about a physician who had sold his practice to a hospital. The physician was quoted as having stated that he had grown disenchanted with running the business end of his own practice, thus his agreement to “have my practice managed by” the hospital.
There’s a growing trend of dissatisfaction on the part of office practice physicians employed by, or otherwise closely aligned with, hospitals.
Physicians should be all for collaboration in terms of patient care, collaboration with other providers and collaboration with facilities.
Ford focused on keeping things simple, building one model that (had to) suit all, using interchangeable parts that relatively unskilled workers could assemble.
Ford focused on keeping things simple, building one model that (had to) suit all, using interchangeable parts that relatively unskilled workers could assemble.
Another week, another hospital closes. Well, at least one.
Another week, another hospital closes. Well, at least one.
Yes, this is a popular topic for the blog, because each additional hospital closure underscores the risk for physicians and medical groups that don’t spread risk. The lesson applies to both hospital-based and office-based physicians, although not necessarily equally.
Ride along with Mark as he discusses how the short-term message underlying physician alignment has destroyed hospital-physician collaboration and contributed to the impending death of hospitals.
Over the past decade or so, hospitals have spent countless hundreds of millions of dollars “aligning” physicians. But now it’s hospitals that are begging to be aligned.
Many physicians bemoan the fact that we have retail, corporate run walk in clinics, such as the Minute Clinics run by CVS, staffed with nurse practitioners and PAs.