Health Care Transformation Series

Patricia Maryland talks to Crain’s readers about health care reform

When you need the right answers, go to an expert! Dr. Patricia Maryland, healthcare executive for more than 30 years and the President and CEO of St. John Providence Health System, has been a visionary leader in planning the next generation of health care. She is being featured in a monthly series of columns written exclusively for Crain’s Detroit Business. She will explain what her health system and physicians are doing that will impact how you and your employees will receive health care in the future. Dr. Maryland is also ministry market leader for all of the Ascension Health hospitals in Michigan, which include five health ministries and more than 31,000 employees. Read her educational series on optimizing health care value each month. She also invites you to write to her with your questions and concerns via her direct e-mailbox, CEO.mailbox@stjohn.org.

• Series 1 - Is the health of your employees hurting your bottom line?
• Series 2 - Breaking the cycle of repeated hospital stays.
• Series 3 - Want to reduce health care costs? Follow our lead.
• Series 4 - Why a Medical Home is good for business.
• Series 5 - A partnership created to drive down your health care costs.
• Series 6 - A new standard of care with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
• Series 7 - One of your company’s most important assets is you.
• Series 8 - Electronic medical records lower costs and raise quality.
• Series 9 - The bottom line is transforming lives.
• Series 10 - How health care reform impacts small business.