There has been an agreement by orthopedic surgeons in each hospital in the syste

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There has been an agreement by orthopedic surgeons in each hospital in the system that the same implant will be used for all knees surgeries done by the orthopedic surgeons. However, the implant that has been chosen is different from hospital to hospital. By ordering a single implant from one manufacturer, the system could save considerable costs since all of the devices perform approximately the same clinically. The surgeons are private practitioners and could threaten to move their affiliation to a number of other, non-system hospitals if they think the system is treating them unfairly or interfering with their right to practice autonomously. How would you address this situation There has been an agreement by orthopedic surgeons in each hospital in the system that the same implant will be used for all knees surgeries done by the orthopedic surgeons. However, the implant that has been chosen is different from hospital to hospital. By ordering a single implant from one manufacturer, the system could save considerable costs since all of the devices perform approximately the same clinically. The surgeons are private practitioners and could threaten to move their affiliation to a number of other, non-system hospitals if they think the system is treating them unfairly or interfering with their right to practice autonomously. How would you address this situation

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We can see that the surgeons have made an agreement about usage of same implant in all hospitals to ensure cost effectiveness and standardization. However, they missed the attribute that every hospital conducts various types of implants and standardizing a single implant for all cases is not a practical solution.

The surgeons could have, instead opted for implants from the same supplier. This would have created standardization in real sense and would have been cost effective for the hospitals.

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