Essential ingredients for a successful hospital-physician partnership. 1996

R J Langlais
Cheshire Medical Center, Keene, NH 03431, USA.

Our hospital and a nearby multispecialty physician group practice over- came a competitive relationship to become successful partners in meeting the needs of the community.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007373 Interinstitutional Relations The interactions between representatives of institutions, agencies, or organizations. Interagency Relations,Interagency Relation,Interinstitutional Relation,Relation, Interagency,Relation, Interinstitutional,Relations, Interagency,Relations, Interinstitutional
D008329 Managed Care Programs Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS and PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS. Case Management, Insurance,Insurance Case Management,Managed Health Care Insurance Plans,Managed Care,Care, Managed,Managed Care Program,Management, Insurance Case,Program, Managed Care,Programs, Managed Care
D008511 Medicine The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health. Insurance Medicine,Medical Specialities,Medical Specialties,Medical Specialty,Specialities, Medical,Specialties, Medical,Specialty, Medical,Insurance Medicines,Medical Speciality,Medicine, Insurance,Medicines, Insurance,Speciality, Medical
D009513 New Hampshire State bounded on the north by Canada, on the east by Maine, on the west by Vermont, and on the south by Massachusetts.
D003299 Cooperative Behavior The interaction of two or more persons or organizations directed toward a common goal which is mutually beneficial. An act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit, i.e., joint action. (From Random House Dictionary Unabridged, 2d ed) Compliant Behavior,Behavior, Compliant,Behavior, Cooperative,Compliant Behaviors,Cooperative Behaviors
D004465 Economic Competition The effort of two or more parties to secure the business of a third party by offering, usually under fair or equitable rules of business practice, the most favorable terms. Competition, Economic,Competitions, Economic,Economic Competitions
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
D006301 Health Services Needs and Demand Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for. Health Services Needs,Needs,Needs and Demand, Health Services,Target Population,Health Services Need,Need, Health Services,Needs, Health Services,Population, Target,Populations, Target,Target Populations
D006744 Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299
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

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