title: Orthopedic office management. The need for planning and goals.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide physicians in private practice with a methodology for shaping their own destinies and to ensure they will be able to cope successfully with the current changes, as well as those yet to come, that will impact on their practices. It attempts to highlight those core techniques employed in long-term and strategic planning, enabling them to understand what the planning process is all about.
mesh_terms: D009985:Orthopedics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics