Aligning Incentives Between the Physician Practice and the Hospital: Finding the Win:Win

Nov. 30, 8:30-10:00 a.m. | S504AB

This session is designed to help participants understand how healthcare delivery can be optimized at an acceptable cost by aligning department and hospital missions. It also considers approaches to help the next generation of radiologists decrease overutilization, enhance safety and decrease cost.

 

Speaker Information:

•             Edward Weinberger, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital

•             Angelisa Marie Paladin, MD, University of Washington, Seattle

•             Norman Joseph Beauchamp, MD, University of Washington, Seattle

•             Cheryl Wieber, McLaren Flint Medical Center, Flint, Mich.

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