Integrated Physician Model

Over time, the development of several partnerships between hospitals and the physicians that work there is considered an integrated physician model. The types of places this model could be seen are acute care hospitals, nursing homes, employed physicians for primary care and independent medical groups to name a few (Harrison, 2016). The goal behind the integrated physician model is for an agreement between both the hospital and the physician that will benefit the health care system as whole. There is a model that suggests hospitals work under an agreement with physicians that will market a successful network. In this case, physicians are in a shared partnership with the hospital. Another option is physicians working for the hospital, allowing