Bon Secours Health System's South Division launched a multitude of performance-improvement projects in 2004 even though it boasted a 9% margin. Why? Officials at the Catholic healthcare system wanted to increase the amount of money available for its nation-wide charitable commitments as well as to invest in capital projects critical to its mission. In this installment of Straight Talk, we look at the performance-improvement initiatives of the South Division of Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealthcare organizations that deliver high quality care as efficiently as possible inevitably are profitable. In the eleventh installment of Straight Talk, we discuss the performance improvement strategies of three health systems that strive to strike a balance between financial and altruistic goals: 15 hospital, $1.4-billion St.
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