Likely driven by continuing health reform efforts and the flight of physicians from administrative detail and operating risk, statistics indicate that the number of physicians in private practice has declined notably over the past 10 years. By the time the Affordable Care Act was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28, 2012, at least one industry source was estimating that the number of ph...

But I believe that private practitioners make a significant mistake when they avoid data-based research. This mistake is not so primarily a matter of failing to "keep up to date" with the literature, but more so in missing new potential practice opportunities. Psychologists are typically interested in keeping their practices fresh and evolving and are especially looking for opportunities outsid...

This article provides a framework to guide the choice and design of a fitting Public Private Partnerships (PPP), which is applied to a Dutch example of biogas/sustainable energy projects. The framework focuses on ‘legitimate public governance’, merging Beetham’s dimensions of legitimacy (legality, shared beliefs and consent) with three types of governance mechanisms (market, network and hierarc...