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Attribution, the process of assigning patients to physicians in population health programs, aims to answer that question

After years of preparation, nine hospitals and physician groups unite to focus on prevention.

The Physicians Foundation's survey reveals most doctors are overextended.

New physician integration models give health system boards and leaders the opportunity to revive and apply the concepts of medical professionalism organizationwide for strategic benefits.

In recruiting physicians for a clinically integrated network, leaders must stress improvement goals as well as benefits.

When hospitals merge, prevailing attitudes and ways of doing things may clash. Leaders must work fast to avoid that or the whole endeavor may implode.

Flu vaccine rates among health care personnel outside of hospitals held steady.

Federal policy encourages collaboration between hospitals and physicians, but antitrust laws still apply.