A hospital chiefs tough task in tough times: cut costs, improve quality

Kaiser Health News staff writer Peggy Girshman spoke with Judy Rich, president and CEO of the Tucson Medical Center. In her position, Rich has had to face the impact of an economic recession that hit Arizona health care particularly hard. Now, as she leads the largest hospital in southern Arizona, shes trying to adjust to a decrease in the number of paying patients, state cutbacks in health spending and a slew of changes from the new health law. Read the interview here (Girshman, 11/18). Read the interview.  

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