For a physician, opening an independent practice means building a place to practice medicine on your own terms. It also means becoming something medical training may not have fully prepared you to be: a business owner and an employer. A decision-maker responsible for operations, finances, vendors, technology, staffing, payer relationships and the infrastructure that supports patient care. For women physicians building practices of their own, that transition can represent an e

Opening an independent medical practice can give physicians greater control over how they practice medicine, how patients experience their care and how the business itself operates. It also introduces an entirely different set of responsibilities.