Physician clinical alignment and integration: a community-academic hospital approach.

An overwhelming need for change in the U.S. healthcare delivery system, coupled with the need to improve clinical and financial outcomes, has prompted hospitals to direct renewed efforts toward achieving high quality and cost-effectiveness.

Countdown to HIPAA compliance.

As compliance deadlines for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act close in, the author details specific actions that must be taken to ensure that covered entities are indeed compliant with all of the Act's provisions.