title: Managing eroding empires.
abstract: The traditional hospital medical staff is beginning to go the way of the dinosaurs, but that doesn't mean some doctors are going to play brontosaurus and just roll over. Just ask Pittsburgh family practitioner Robert Urban what he thinks of managed care and systems integration.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montague
mesh_terms: D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D007325:Institutional Practice / Q000639:trends; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000639:trends*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014481:United States