In an article related to the Digital Health counterpoint in Business Week, the role of physicians and their status is examined [Doctors’ Pride: A Hurdle to Digital Medicine — A forerunner in New England found that some physicians would sooner cut ties than see their elite status threatened].
It seems that a number of physicians in this health network were not keen on the new egalitarian roles presented by the hospital network. Physician roles (indeed all health provider roles) are key to any successful integration across the system. It is not sufficient to mandate integration in IPC.