Special Holiday Edition

This year in these trying times I thought it was the right time to restate the Council’s commitment to regional healthcare providers. The Council since 1946 has been the only healthcare-specific, metropolitan area association. Throughout these years the Council has been a neutral third party providing area providers with advocacy, information, research and surveys, executive and divisional educational programs and conferences.

The Council provides the think tank that brings healthcare providers from across the region to share ideas, best practices and solve problems. The Council was the brain child of astute area CEOs and Trustees in vastly different times. Much like our country’s constitution, the first placed building blocks of a new corporation have remained a firm foundation for our success. Our ventures in group purchasing in the early 1970’s has saved participants literally tens of millions of dollars throughout this time and continues the tradition.

This “Special Edition” of the Council newsletter includes the main portions of the Strategic Plan reviewed and approved by the Executive Committee, December 9, 2009. On behalf of the Council’s Executive Committee, its Board of Directors and its Chairman, Michael Barch, we wish you a very happy holiday season.

Joseph P. Burns, President & CEO