A businesslike hospital gets business's attention.
Silicon Valley, home of the avant garde in American industry, is also the home of El Camino Hospital, a well-respected institution where cost containment has long been emphasized. When Hewlett-Packard was looking for a PPO-like relationship with a hospital that could assure high-quality care, it joined with El Camino in a carefully structured--and already money-saving--arrangement. That "EPO," and other programs of this businesslike hospital, are described by its CEO and Associate CEO.
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