Physicians Practice Partners With Hospitals Nationwide To Help Community Doctors Improve Patient Care

Baltimore, Maryland — December 07, 2006 — Physicians and patients of community-based medical practices nationwide will benefit from 10 new partnerships between Physicians Practice and hospitals across the country, providing resources to help an additional 22,000 regional physicians manage their practices more efficiently to improve the quality of patient care.

Under these alliances, Physicians Practice®, America’s Leading Practice Management Journal, will be mailed to community-based doctors 11 times annually. These physicians, who see patients primarily in private practices rather than in academia or hospital settings, will receive articles pertinent to the daily business issues involved with running a medical office. Each issue will also feature sections sponsored by the local hospital highlighting news in clinical and scientific research.

“We are proud to partner with hospitals in communities nationwide to bring expertise in practice management and technology to local medical practices so they can spend less time on business and more time with patients,” says Ken Karpay, senior vice president and publisher of Physicians Practice.

In 2006, Physicians Practice forged new relationships with the following health systems to extend resources to an additional 22,000 community-based medical practices to improve practice management, leading to better patient care:

• Battle Creek Health System - Battle Creek, Mich. (500 physicians)
  
• Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center - Inglewood, Calif. (4,265 physicians)
  
• Crozer - Keystone Health System - Upland, Pa. (3,250 physicians)
  
• Kingman Regional Medical Center - Kingman, Ariz. (965 physicians)
  
• Maimonides Medical Center – Brooklyn, N.Y. (5,750 physicians)
  
• Palomar Pomerado Health - San Diego, Calif. (1,222 physicians)
  
• Rockford Health System - Rockford, Ill. (1,000 physicians)
  
• San Antonio Community Hospital - Upland, Calif. (1,393 physicians)
  
• Scott & White Hospital - Temple, Texas (3,200 physicians)
  
• St John's Regional Medical Center - Oxnard, Calif. (1,500 physicians)