Simply put, physician compensation models are a leading cause of discontent between hospitals and physician groups. If not dealt with properly, hospitals will suffer due to inflated costs, physicians will grow unhappy and exhibit poor performance, and ultimately, patients will lose the most.

A just released survey suggests that 21% of medical practice have plans to make a decision about adopting an EMR next year. If they don't manage the process correctly there will be 21 % of practice with much less money and much higher levels of frustration.

"Metrics" is a current term to describe the use of objective data to make decisions. Typically metrics equates to numerical data. Now that our mini MBA course is done lets look at how this may apply to the medical office environment.