Duke University Health System for the past five years in a specialized clinic for the treatment of congestive heart failure, a very common and costly conditions in the surrounding community. Nurse practitioners, which is directed highly specified protocols and under the control of a cardiologist, interdisciplinary staff of the clinic. Chancellor of Health is considering a program as a huge financial burden, and it is undesirable to use time academic cardiologists. The case is considered the model of the disease, the Duke of heart surgery program failure, finance, and results in the fight against disease.;, And the relationship between the nurse practitioners and cardiologists' Hide
by Richard Bohmer, Laura R. Feldman Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication Date: October 15, 2003. Prod. #: 604033-PDF-ENG