Adapting to the changing hospital-physician relationship

The future health care environment will make it difficult--if not impossible--for hospitals and physicians to function independently. Trends in health care are going to force hospitals and physicians to reexamine and restructure their traditional relationships. This restructuring will have to be accomplished in the midst of competitive pressures from a variety of sources and with interference from various governmental and regulatory agencies. The success--if not the survival--of hospitals and their medical staffs depends upon a mutually beneficial relationship between hospitals and physicians.