title: Creating a provider network: fact, fantasy, and future.
abstract: Integrated delivery systems should consider multiple options through which to affiliate, with primary care physicians and advanced practice nurses. Caution should be employed to assure that system alignment occurs in an efficient, effective manner.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Health Services, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Meeks
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*