Este libro está hecho con la intención de aportar información a aquellas personas que intentan crear una estrategia competitiva para sus servicios ambulatorios.
List of Figures.v
List of Tables.vii
Contributors.ix
Preface.xv
Acknowledgments.xvii

Part One: Creating a Competitive Edge.
Chapter 1: An Industry Perspective.3
Chapter 2: Rethinking Ambulatory Care Delivery.19
Chapter 3: Legal Aspects of Reorganizing Ambulatory Care Capacity.55
Chapter 4: Examining the Options in Facilities Planning.73
Chapter 5: Integrating Ambulatory Care Expansion with Physicians' Offices.95
Chapter 6: Technological Considerations.117
Chapter 7: Operational Considerations.129
Chapter 8: Implications of Managed Care for Ambulatory.143
Chapter 9: The Future of Ambulatory Care.163

Part Two: Innovative Ambulatory Care Programs.
Chapter 10: Integrating Inpatient and Outpatient Services in One Building.177
Chapter 11: Ambulatory Care as a Survival Strategy.187
Chapter 12: A Comprehensive Freestanding Ambulatory Care Center.197
Chapter 13: New Construction and Reorganization of Ambulatory Care Services.211
Chapter 14: A Medical Mall Prototype.219
Chapter 15: Ambulatory Care Expansion in a Community Hospital.227
Chapter 16: A Full-Service Ambulatory Care Center and Physicians' Office Building.235
Chapter 17: Ambulatory Care in an Academic Medical Center.245

Annotated Bibliography.255
Matson, Theodore A.