title: Keeping the relationship alive.
abstract: Hospitals will always need physicians, but to keep the connection alive, leaders must seek out their hospitals' physician champions.
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D032921:Consensus; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006752:Hospital Planning; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014481:United States