Physician input: a critical strategic-planning tool
Rovinsky, M.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 56(1): 36-38
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 11806316 Document Number: 549017
To establish effective working relationships with medical staff and community physicians, an IDS must adopt a strategic-planning approach that adequately incorporates physicians' needs and expectations. Research shows that most physicians considered the IDS's market position, the degree to which the IDS can offer physicians practice-enhancing capabilities, and physician involvement in IDS governance to be critical factors for the success of an IDS. By establishing a meaningful role for physicians in the organizational strategic-planning process, an IDS can significantly improve its market position and its relationships with physicians.