A number of external factors have affected a sizable, international benevolent organization managing 22 children's hospitals and four research centres in three states. The result of the 2008 global monetary crisis on its endowment funds coupled with gifts that were flat and rising healthcare costs, have resulted in the hospitals.
To ensure the long-term viability of their not-for-profit hospital system, management feels it must present radical alternatives to delegates at its annual general meeting, including reconsidering the policy of providing free medical care to children regardless of their capability to pay, shutting down research facilities and close over a quarter of their hospitals. All options taken into consideration will substantially affect the organization's culture and also hospital operations, while management is confident that the quality of care for pediatric patients will never be undermined. For the first time in the 87 years of the existence of the organization, some very hard choices are on the table.
Shriners Hospitals for Children case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: June 24, 2013 PRODUCT #: W13252-HCB-ENG
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