title: Clinical integration, round two: finding success with economic coordination.
abstract: To establish an effective, and lasting, collaboration with physicians, a hospital must: Create a positive vision of the future. Structure the collaboration to reflect market imperatives. Work only with the best partners and make it clear from the start what the expectations are for those partners. Establish accounting and governance practices that promote the venture's near-term profitability and the long-term goals.
authors.affiliation: VHA, Inc., Irving, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Naas
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Smithson
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States