title: The old ways of doing medical business are passing.
abstract: Doctors must realize that the ¿us and them¿ labels have to be discarded. No longer do physicians wield the ultimate power. We've lost our patients to insurance companies and part of our medical knowledge rests with nonphysicians. Likewise, physicians must accept the reality that all doctors aren't going to be in the same practice setting: some will work for hospitals, some for insurance companies, some for HMOs, some for themselves. But we're all members of a great profession that has proven its ability to give high-quality care to our patients, and now more than ever with more attention paid to costs.
authors.affiliation: Holy Cross Hospital, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Raybeck
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005431:Florida; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D008511:Medicine; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013038:Specialization