Krieger L M
UCLA Medical Center, USA.
Healthc Financ Manage. 1998 Jun;52(6):78-80.
Mergers and acquisitions have become perhaps the most pervasive and important business activity in the healthcare industry. Physicians, however, frequently dread becoming involved in mergers because they fear loss of autonomy, income, and even their jobs. In merged organizations, the best managers look for ways to extend the benefits of mergers to physicians to prevent them from perceiving themselves as victims and becoming alienated from the organization.
