Managing the Outpatient Medical Practice

THOMAS F. LANDHOLT, a family practitioner with Steeplechase Family Physicians--an affiliate of Cox Health Systems in Springfield, Missouri--is a nationally recognized author and speaker on electronic medical records and delivery of patient-focused care. Dr. Landholt earned a bachelor's degree from St. Louis University and his MD from the University of Missouri, Columbia. THE COKER GROUP, located in Atlanta, is a health care consulting firm with a national client base of physicians and health systems. The Coker Group offers indepAndent appraisals of physician practices; practice management consulting, including development and administration of management services organizations; primary care network establishment and administration; indepAndent group formation and practice sale brokering; physician-hospital integration; physician compensation plan design; and managed care strategic planning.