title: Seven steps to a profitable faculty practice plan. A case study in success at Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
abstract: A newly formed pediatric faculty practice plan had to overcome numerous hurdles blocking profitability, patient satisfaction, and time for clinical care, teaching and research. The authors describe the seven-point strategy that took the Connecticut Children's Medical Center Faculty Practice Plan from instability and disorganization to success as a high-volume clinical enterprise.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, USA. coggroup@tiac.net
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rapoza
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003237:Connecticut; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration*