title: The treatment center: a model for competitive clinical practice.
abstract: The treatment center model described in this article was developed with the intent of providing a high technology practice environment that would attract patients to an academic center for their medical care. It was also intended to create an environment that would result in the retention of the best clinicians within the academic framework. Appropriate goals and incentives had to be determined by both the hospital and the professional groups involved. Many preconceived ideas regarding traditional academic structures needed to be revised to implement this program.
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004465:Economic Competition; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009820:Ohio; D008486:Physician Executives