Practice enhancement strengthens hospital-physician ties
Pivnicny, V.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 46(12): 48-50
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 10145724 Document Number: 391122
In the increasingly competitive U.S. healthcare environment, hospitals must be concerned with maintaining and increasing the number of patients admitted. A key strategy for hospitals is to fortify relationships with physicians who admit and refer patients. Practice enhancement services designed to improve the strategic, financial, and administrative operation of physicians' practices can contribute significantly to the development of positive hospital-physician relationships.