Sustaining Our Calling and Cause

By: Dr. Carl Hammerschlag


Excerpted from a presentation to the VHA/SW Annual Trustees Conference I believe we have reached the point in health-care delivery when the trajectory of culture, economics and technology are colliding to compromise the care of patients. You are all familiar with struggles: constantly changing legislation and regulations which make it hard to stay in compliance; new technology is changing the way we do business; the impact of managed care; and decreasing reimbursements all challenge our survival. You are non-profit community hospitals whose mission and charter is to address the needs of your communities.