title: The business of perioperative medicine.
abstract: Medical centers should insist that their top officials have a firm grasp of contemporary business principles, use that skill set, and run the medical business like any other. This business imperative does not exclude a conscious decision to measure success by the amount of articles published or charity care given rather than the amount of profits. Physician leaders should insist that while they care for patients, someone cares for the business.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. prock@aims.unc.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lubarsky
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005376:Financial Management; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000191:economics; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D019990:Perioperative Care