Abstract
An in vitro fertilization (IVF) practice is an enterprise. Like any enterprise, it
has management that plays a major role, forming the structure, framework, and components
that make the practice viable. Management of an IVF practice consists of two key teams:
the fertility team and the management team. Management activities of the teams fall
into eight core areas: business operations, financial, human resources, information
technology, organizational governance, risk management, patient care systems, and
quality management. Shady Grove Fertility Centers and Huntington Reproductive Center
are two examples of professionally managed large fertility practices, one managed
mostly centrally and the other largely managed in a decentralized way. Management
is what takes a physician's IVF practice and converts it to a professional enterprise.
Keywords
management team - IVF practice enterprise
