title: The new normal. Avoiding financial risk and boosting transparency and governance are all emphasized in the wake of September 2008's meltdown.
abstract: A year after the financial sector's meltdown, hospitals are still adjusting to the economic landscape. Where once they overlooked potential balance sheet stress from debt portfolios and the riskiness of their investments, they now obsess about risk and how to minimize it. "Systems are spending a lot more time on this than they were a year ago," says Kerry Rudy, of Ziegler Capital Markets.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galloro
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D030881:Disclosure; D057172:Economic Recession; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States