title: Composing our future: a retrospective and forecast of a specialty practice's achievements in a best practice.
abstract: This article documents the practice's achievements resulting from the planning efforts and suggests that several key factors, such as establishing and communicating a practice direction and empowering and valuing people, resulted in the physicians' successful planning.
authors.affiliation: KPMG Peat Marwick, Kansas City, MO 64199, USA.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Conrad
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Harmon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018854:Managed Competition / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008923:Missouri; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000191:economics*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*