Mission-Hostile Hospital Management: Quieter, but Still Pernicious After All These Years

Hospitals exist to take care of sick people, with the goal of making them better.  Hospitals employ and work with health care professionals, again who are sworn to put taking care of patients ahead of all other concerns.However, since we foundedHealth Care Renewal, we have noted striking examples of hospital leaders threatening their hospitals ' fundamental mission and/or health care professionals ' core values, which we dubbedmission-hostile management.  We also saw mission-hostile management affecting the broader health care industry, particularly pharmaceutical and device companies.  Most recently, the most striking examples of mission-hostile health care related management appearing in the press have come from the Trump administration.While journalists attention is focused on Trump et al, and coverage of other topics fades, bad management of hospitals has received less attention.  However, the problem has not vanished, nor become less important.  So here is my round-up of cases of mission-hostile hospital management from the recent past.Hospitals Offering Better Care to Wealthier PatientsHospitlas generally proclaim that they endeavor to care for all patients, regardless of their personal characteristics, or worthiness for care  Yet we have seen non-profit hospitals offering better care to those who can pay more. Preferential Treatment for Wealthy Foreign Nationals Seeking Organ Transplants Astory from November, 2017 in ProPublica d...
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