Hospitals searching for allies to cut costs, improve services

The country doctor immortalized on Norman Rockwell magazine covers, who treated the whole family, cheerfully made house calls and never pressed for payment, is a thing of the past. Today, even family practitioners are joining health maintenance organizations. And hospitals are building alliances amo...

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Published in:Westchester County business journal 1995-07, Vol.34 (31), p.1
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Industrywide conditions
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Presidents
School districts
Trends
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