Dr. Kaiser attributes the improvement in part to his decision to recruit 58 specialty surgeons to the hospital in the last five years. This has increased the number of acute care patients who present at the hospital in need of high-end procedures like transplants, cardiac work and neurosurgery.
“We’ve seen since 2011 our acuity volume increase by more than 20 percent,” while reducing the average length of stay, Dr. Kaiser told The Inquirer. This year, the lung transplant program is on target to complete more than 100 transplants.
Moody’s Investors Services recently upgraded the health system’s rating from Ba2 to Ba1, citing the “durability of TUHS’ financial turnaround,” according to the article.
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