title: Hospital-physician alignment: the 1990s versus now.
abstract: Although the employment model was a bust in the 1990s, it can be successful today if hospitals: Allow physicians to shape health system strategy. Engage physicians and offer opportunities for leadership. Develop best practices to share across physician practices. Use management services organizations to add efficiency and profitability. Use technology wisely.
authors.affiliation: MedSynergies, Inc, Irving, Texas, USA. charbeck@medsynergies.com
authors.forename: Clayton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harbeck
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D014481:United States