title: The role of management in an in vitro fertilization practice.
abstract: An in vitro fertilization (IVF) practice is an enterprise. Like any enterprise, it has management that plays a major role, forming the structure, framework, and components that make the practice viable. Management of an IVF practice consists of two key teams: the fertility team and the management team. Management activities of the teams fall into eight core areas: business operations, financial, human resources, information technology, organizational governance, risk management, patient care systems, and quality management. Shady Grove Fertility Centers and Huntington Reproductive Center are two examples of professionally managed large fertility practices, one managed mostly centrally and the other largely managed in a decentralized way. Management is what takes a physician's IVF practice and converts it to a professional enterprise.
authors.affiliation: The Donor Source International, LLC, Irvine, California, USA.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masler
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Strickland
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000191:economics*; D005376:Financial Management; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000191:economics / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020399:Practice Management; D024382:Professional Role; D011787:Quality of Health Care