title: Does your hospital need a full-time physician manager?
abstract: Full-time medical administrators are leaving their mark on health care administration. As the physician member of the hospital's top management team, the vice-president for medical affairs has a major impact on quality assurance efforts, utilization review, risk management, and strategic planning.
mesh_terms: D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008486:Physician Executives; D011331:Private Practice; D014481:United States