title: Primary lessons for success.
abstract: North Mississippi Health Services attributes the success of its PCN to several factors: The PCN includes physicians in clinic management decisions and strategically places clinics in communities. Physician recruitment into new or existing practices is based on routine workforce assessments. Administrators carefully plan for new services and manage the PCN's resources with physician efficiency in mind.
authors.affiliation: North Mississippi Medical Clinics, Inc., Tupelo, Miss., USA. gstrahan@nmhs.net
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strahan
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Palazzo
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005376:Financial Management; D020445:Hospitalists; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008922:Mississippi; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*