title: Make your small practice thrive. Physicians moving from big practices to small must know the business side of medicine.
abstract: Trying to gain a measure of control over their working lives, some physicians are abandoning large group practices for smaller groups. Large groups enjoy whole teams of people performing vital business tasks. Small practices rely on one or two key physicians and managers to tackle everything from customer service to marketing, medical records to human resources. Learn valuable tips for thriving in a small environment and using that extra control to achieve job satisfaction.
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authors.lastname: Cowan
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States