title: Essential ingredients for a successful hospital-physician partnership.
abstract: Our hospital and a nearby multispecialty physician group practice over- came a competitive relationship to become successful partners in meeting the needs of the community.
authors.affiliation: Cheshire Medical Center, Keene, NH 03431, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Langlais
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004465:Economic Competition; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009513:New Hampshire; D013038:Specialization