The Contributors.

1 Introduction and Vision (Francis J. Crosson and Laura A. Tollen).

2 History of Physician-Hospital Collaboration: Obstacles and Opportunities (Lawton R. Burns, Jeff C. Goldsmith and Ralph W. Muller).

3 Achieving the Vision: Structural Change (Stephen M. Shortell, Lawrence P. Casalino and Elliott S. Fisher).

4 Achieving the Vision: Payment Reform (Stuart Guterman and Anthony Shih).

5 Achieving the Vision: Operational Challenges and Improvement (Bruce Genovese).

6 Overcoming Barriers to Improved Collaboration and Alignment: Legal and Regulatory Issues (Robert F. Leibenluft and William M. Sage).

7 Overcoming Barriers to Improved Collaboration and Alignment: Governance Issues (Jeffrey Alexander, Gary Young and Commentary by James DeNuccio).

8 Overcoming Barriers to Improved Collaboration and Alignment: Cultural Issues (Katherine A. Schneider).

9 Special Issues for Net Hospitals and Clinics (Benjamin K. Chu).

10 Special Issues for Academic Medical Centers (David Posch and Commentary Darrell G. Kirch)

11 What Needs to Happen Next? (Francis J. Crosson).

Index.