Posted on 10/23/2009 6:58:07 PM PDT by fiscon1
In the Spokane area, there appears to be a very high stakes confrontation between CEO's of two competing local hospitals.
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center’s chief executive charged Rockwood Clinic’s leaders with bad-faith dealings and ethical lapses the day after Rockwood stunned Spokane’s medical community by announcing it would align with Sacred Heart’s main rival.
“It is clear to us that the interim leadership of Rockwood is leading the Rockwood physicians down a very dangerous path fueled purely by profit motive,” said Sacred Heart CEO Dr. Andrew Agwunobi.
Rockwood will be purchased by Community Health Systems Inc., which bought Sacred Heart rival Deaconess Medical Center last year. Agwunobi accused Rockwood interim president Dr. Craig Whiting and others of gaming Sacred Heart months ago when they initiated talks to “strengthen partnerships” – going to the point of having Sacred Heart officials sign confidentiality agreements to keep a lid on the discussions while Rockwood said it needed to finish leadership changes and complete an internal analysis
(Excerpt) Read more at theeprovocateur.blogspot.com ...
Sounds like michele Obama’s hospital invovlement in chicago...
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