The Challenges Grady’s New CEO Will Face

Today, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution looks at the challenges that will face the new CEO of Grady Memorial Hospital as he begins his new job.  Among them are increasing demand for emergency medical services, fewer patients with health insurance, and cuts in federal, state, and local government funding:

When John Haupert walks through the doors of the more than century-old Grady Memorial Hospital Monday as its new CEO, it won’t be new territory.

As second in command of a massive public hospital in Texas, he learned the pitfalls all safety net hospitals face -- the overflowing emergency departments, unpredictable funding and need to build strong ties quickly with local leaders.

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