title: Listen to what cutting edge executives have to say about how to succeed with doctors by really trying.
abstract: As more and more hospitals move to form partnerships with physicians, the executives working to create these new relationships are learning that to really be equal partners takes more than simply installing a senior doctor into a senior executive slot. It takes vision, guts, patience, and commitment. Getting these new ventures to work to everyone's benefit isn't easy, but ultimately it's worth it. Find out what the field's cutting-edge executives have to say about their best strategies to ensure a peaceful--and profitable--partnership.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sandrick
mesh_terms: D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006123:Group Practice; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010819:Physician's Role; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014481:United States