title: The elements of excellence: observations from the field.
authors.affiliation: philr@tiber.com
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ronning
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D019468:Disease Management; D004496:Education, Continuing; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005544:Forecasting; D005653:Fund Raising; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014481:United States