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A health care anomaly: a successful community hospital-affiliated group practice. 2002

Linda Shyavitz, and Joseph Clark

Sturdy Memorial Associates, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA.

Many hospital-affiliated group practices have had significant problems. Failures are common. Sturdy Memorial Associates, a hospital affiliated group practice functioning out of twelve sites in the greater Attleboro area in Massachusetts, has been a success. Two senior managers discuss the history and the reasons why.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008404	Massachusetts	State bounded on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the west by New York.
D009935	Organizational Affiliation	Formal relationships established between otherwise independent organizations. These include affiliation agreements, interlocking boards, common controls, hospital medical school affiliations, etc.	Affiliation, Organizational,Affiliations, Organizational,Organizational Affiliations
D009937	Organizational Objectives	The purposes, missions, and goals of an individual organization or its units, established through administrative processes. It includes an organization's long-range plans and administrative philosophy.	Goal Setting, Organizational,Goals, Organizational,Objectives, Organizational,Organizational Goals,Goal Settings, Organizational,Goal, Organizational,Objective, Organizational,Organizational Goal,Organizational Goal Setting,Organizational Goal Settings,Organizational Objective,Setting, Organizational Goal,Settings, Organizational Goal
D010816	Physician Incentive Plans	Compensatory plans designed to motivate physicians in relation to patient referral, physician recruitment, and efficient use of the health facility.	Incentive Plans, Physician,Incentive Plan, Physician,Physician Incentive Plan,Plan, Physician Incentive,Plans, Physician Incentive
D011320	Primary Health Care	Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)	Primary Care,Primary Healthcare,Care, Primary,Care, Primary Health,Health Care, Primary,Healthcare, Primary
D002391	Catchment Area, Health	A geographic area defined and served by a health program or institution.	Health Service Area,Health Catchment Area,Service Area, Health,Area, Health Catchment,Area, Health Service,Areas, Health Catchment,Areas, Health Service,Catchment Areas, Health,Health Catchment Areas,Health Service Areas,Service Areas, Health
D006075	Governing Board	The group in which legal authority is vested for the control of health-related institutions and organizations.	Board, Governing,Boards, Governing,Governing Boards
D006123	Group Practice	Any group of three or more full-time physicians organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of health care services, sharing space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and who have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income.	Group Practices,Practice, Group,Practices, Group
D006759	Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures	A formal financial agreement made between one or more physicians and a hospital to provide ambulatory alternative services to those patients who do not require hospitalization.	Joint Ventures, Hospital-Physician,Physician-Hospital Organizations,Hospital-Physician Joint Venture,Hospital-Physician Organizations,Joint Venture, Hospital-Physician,Joint Ventures,Organizations, Hospital-Physician,Organizations, Physician-Hospital,Hospital Physician Joint Venture,Hospital Physician Joint Ventures,Hospital Physician Organizations,Hospital-Physician Organization,Joint Venture,Joint Venture, Hospital Physician,Joint Ventures, Hospital Physician,Organization, Hospital-Physician,Organization, Physician-Hospital,Organizations, Hospital Physician,Organizations, Physician Hospital,Physician Hospital Organizations,Physician-Hospital Organization,Venture, Hospital-Physician Joint,Venture, Joint,Ventures, Hospital-Physician Joint,Ventures, Joint
D006764	Hospitals, Community	Institutions with permanent facilities and organized medical staff which provide the full range of hospital services primarily to a neighborhood area.	Community Hospital,Community Hospitals,Hospital, Community