Ellen Zane / Tufts-NEMC

Ellen Zane - Leading Change at Tufts - NEMC

Healthcare in Massachusetts

The health care environment in Massachusetts at the time Ellen Zane took over Tufts-NEMC was tenuous, at best. Boston was a hub of medical activity and thought to be one of the best in the nation when it came to advances in medicine and caring for patients. Unfortunately, there was more to the issue than just how well the hospitals cared for the patients they saw each day. There was trouble brewing underneath all the perceived joy of being able to save lives and protect patients, and that was something of which many hospital staffers were unaware. The only people who were "in the know" were those who were focused on the bottom line and who were high up in the hospitals and other medical facilities in Boston and throughout the entire state of...
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