title: The changing role of physician executives.
abstract: Throughout the nation, physician executives are taking on new and emerging roles-from brokering the purchase of information systems and creating managed care networks to functioning as systemwide consultants, facilitators, and educators. This article offers profiles of eight creative physician executives-including their current roles and responsibilities, recommendations for emerging physician executives, and forecasts for the years ahead.
authors.affiliation: Physician Executive Management Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grebenschikoff
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D003363:Cost Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008486:Physician Executives; D010819:Physician's Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States