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JHD Group Co-Authors Monograph on Physician Hospital Integration for Center for Healthcare Governance

Posted on: Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 15:00 CST

JHD Group, a leading healthcare consulting and management firm specializing in physician organizations, today announced that it has authored its second monograph with the American Hospital Association's Center for Healthcare Governance. The monograph, entitled "Hospital Physician Clinical Integration," co-authored with Navigant Consulting, offers alternatives for more effective physician-hospital partnering, focusing on the needs of both parties.

Author John H. (Hank) Duffy, President of the JHD Group, recounts the successes and failures of the past while detailing the market forces again driving for greater integration. The report outlines several options for closer integration with particular focus on using the Electronic Medical Record as a vehicle for effectively improving patient care and operating economics while building a new locus of collaboration between hospitals and their medical staffs. With the recent expansion of the Stark Safe Harbor, this approach can offer benefits that will appeal to both hospitals and physicians. It concludes by offering a road map for successful clinical integration.

Hank Duffy commented, "This monograph was very timely in that we are seeing hospitals moving quickly toward greater and more structured collaboration with physicians. The availability of the Stark Safe Harbor option for the first time allows these collaborations to be built around true clinical integration."

Center for Healthcare Governance President and COO John R. Combes, M.D. commented, "The strong interested in this monograph by our trustee members underscores how importance this subject is in healthcare. We're pleased to be able to collaborate with the authors to provide hospitals and their boards with critical insights into physician-hospital integration."

Monographs are available through the Center for Healthcare Governance by calling (888) 540-6111 or visiting www.americangovernance.com.

About the JHD Group:

The JHD Group is a leader in assisting ambulatory provider organizations to meet the challenges of care delivery, operations, revenue cycle management, managed care, technology including an innovative turnkey EMR solution, patient service, and market development. We focus on driving the operational excellence and financial results that our clients seek through comprehensive clinical integration, management consulting, and practice management services. The JHD Group has offices in Dallas (Corporate), San Francisco and New York.

Source: Business Wire

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