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[–] [email protected] 78 points 9 months ago (4 children)

to me, just the thought of having a CEO for a hospital is enough to put a bad taste in my mouth though.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago

It was a legitimately nonprofit hospital and he probably was overpaid, but at least he was a practicing physician at one point and did seem to give a damn about his staff.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hospitals still need an executive for decision making. Could be a president or ceo. It’s “for profit” that’s going to reverse the incentives and run the whole thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good point. He earns exponentially more than anyone else in the hospital yet he can do whatever he wants. If he feels like being a candy-striper today for a few minutes, great. Then he can do whatever he wants after that. He's not stuck doing one repetitive job day in and day out. He can do whatever he wants and earn exponential amount of money. How did he even get in that position?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Family connections most commonly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is lemmy made up of 15 year olds? You think a hospital can run itself with no one in charge? The comments on this thread are amazing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ceo implies it's a for profit institution. Director, director general, overseer, those are titles appropriately here. CEO is a title of a corporation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Nope, nonprofits have CEOs too. Especially nonprofit hospitals.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why do you think a company without a CEO would be without anyone in charge? Can you only imagine something running if a single person has executive control of an org?