The New Health Partners Renewing the Leadership of Physician Practice [Hardcover]

Discover The Six Dimensions of Health Systems That Can TransformYour Medical Practice

The New Health Partners is an essential handbook for physicians whowant to reshape their practices to prosper within the managed careenvironment. This key resource offers a blueprint for helpingphysicians, medical directors, and administrators create the neededpartnerships and cooperative business alliances, put in place thebest practices that will maximize accountability, and, ultimately,achieve success in disease management.

Steve Prather's book encapsulates the key forces in health caretoday. If followed, his practical solutions will dramaticallychange the way we organize and deliver care. --Henry G. Walker,president and CEO, Providence/Health SystemJames S. Roberts
1. Serving a Changing Society
2. Making Systems Work
3. The Six Dimensions of Physician Leadership
4. The Second Dimension: Aligned Incentives Reward the ClinicalBehavior You Want
5. The Third Dimension: Improving the Process of Care and theClinical Outcome with CPI
6. The Fourth Dimension: High-Performance Teams ThroughInterdepAndence and Learning
7. The Fifth Dimension: Partnering with the Family
8. The Sixth Dimension: Partnering with the Community
9. Building an Infrastructure for Learning
10. Implementing a Project to Manage a Disease State
11. Practices Accountable for Quality
12. Partnering with Business: A Competitive Strategy or a SurvivalNecessity
13. Building for a Healthy Community
14. The Curriculum for Change
15. A Concluding Message Steve Prather's book encapsulates the key forces in health caretoday. If followed, his practical solutions will dramaticallychange the way we organize and deliver care. --Henry G. Walker,president and CEO, Providence/Health System

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