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Case Study: Building a Health-System-Level Physician Strategy
Background A statewide system in the Southeast was struggling with decentralized decision making in its physician network. With no system-level plan in place, executives at the system’s six hospitals were implementing […]
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Case Study: Alignment Strategy for a Medical Community with Both Employed and Independent Physicians
Background In 2009, our hospital client — a 175-bed hospital in the Southeast — had a largely independent physician base and a handful of employed physicians. There was no alignment […]
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Case Study: Strategic Planning for a Rapidly-Growing Employed Physician Group
Background The number of physicians employed by a 300+ bed hospital in the Midwest had grown from 30 to 120 over a three-year period. While this growth was driven by […]
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Case Study: Developing a Defensible Physician Needs Analysis for a Combination Urban/Rural Market
Background Located in the Central East corridor, this three-hospital system, comprised of two adult and one children’s hospital, is a tertiary provider for an 18-county service area, encompassing both urban […]
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Building a Physician Employment Strategy
Hospitals are increasingly confronted by the challenge of employing physicians. To meet this challenge, hospitals bring a high motivation for success but very little practical experience. In this article, we’ll […]