title: Hospital/physician alliance creating new care model.
abstract: Giving physicians an ownership stake gives them an additional incentive to improve processes. Pilot nursing unit includes decentralized nursing stations so nurses are closer to their patients. Staffing has been altered so that nurse-to-patient ratios are the same on all shifts.
mesh_terms: D006757:Hospital Units; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008923:Missouri; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010934:Planning Techniques; D000078329:Workforce