Executive insights. John J. Gantner, treasurer, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Sometimes a CFO has to make a leap of faith that he or she is making the right decisions, because those decisions can involve intangibles that reach far beyond financial data. According to John J. Gantner, treasurer of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., if your decisions are guided by what is best for patient care, they will likely benefit the hospital over the long term. Gantner's hospital has taken a leadership role in adopting standards relating to patient safety, fiscal accountability, and ethics. Gantner spoke with HFM about what has guided some of the recent major initiatives undertaken at his hospital.
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