Chiefs of medicine: New leaders at Allina, Mayo Clinic and Park Nicollet chart the future of Minnesota health care

[Star Tribune, February 01, 2010] There's new blood at the top of Minnesota's best-known hospital and clinic chains—Allina, Mayo and Park Nicollet.

The three CEOs share some similarities: All were picked from within. All succeed visionary leaders. And all will have to steer their organizations through some of the most challenging times in health care—a period of rising bad debt, patients with ever-higher expectations, and reform at the state and federal levels. All three spoke recently with the Star Tribune about the challenges facing their organizations and the outlook for health care in Minnesota.

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