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This Legacy Tapestry was created in 2010 by Lynda Teller Pete using Navajo symbols. The tapestry represents CHI’s mission.

Modern Healthcare noted that the system has made  some big acquisitions in the past few years that  boosted revenue but also its expenses. “But for 2015, it managed to get on top of its costs, and the system said its growth strategy is starting to yield a return,” the publication reported.

“In Texas, for instance, a booming market that CHI entered just last year, it now has $2 billion in annual revenue. It also continued to benefit from its turnaround strategy in Kentucky, where it is seeing higher patient volume and better cost control in subsidiary KentuckyOne Health.

“CHI also highlighted growth in its Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Pacific Northwest markets.”

Before accounting for restructuring costs, CHI reported a fiscal 2015 operating surplus of $169.8 million,  on $15.2 billion in revenue. That’s a 1.1 percent operating margin, compared to  fiscal 2014’s pre-restructuring operating surplus of $7.9 million on $13.6 billion in revenue. After restructuring costs, its  fiscal 2015 surplus was $3.1 million, compared with fiscal 2014’s  $109.4 million operating loss.

 


Video and text: More diversity, please, in C-Suite

 

Ruth Brinkley,  R.N., the president and CEO of KentuckyOne Health, talks about why more diversity is needed in healthcare management for both clinical and business reasons.

Ms. Brinkley has become a role model for minorities aspiring to work in hospital management. She delivered an address on the subject at this year’s American College of Healthcare Executives Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago.

She says, among other things: The short answer is that disparities and diversity in healthcare are more important than ever before. I’m sure you expected me to say that, but let me tell you why. Our country is more diverse than ever in terms of ethnicity, in terms of racial background and religiosity, so we have to understand each other better, especially in the helping and the healing professions like healthcare. We have to understand our customers, who are changing. The demographics also are changing. …”

And:

“What immediately comes to mind is the makeup of our boards of directors, the makeup of our executive teams, our healthcare professionals. Now, I will grant you that sometimes finding people from varied ethnic groups who are health professionals or [are qualified for] boards is not easy. Typically, everybody is looking for the same people. So we have to figure out a way to cast a broader net and to really pay attention to the people who might not necessarily have everything you need, or to growing our own from within the ranks of our own organizations. That’s what leadership succession planning is all about.”


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