Pros
Dedicated staff who believe strongly in excellent patient care. Patient care and patient safety drives all decisions. A large system enables employees to broaden their skill sets and learn different parts of healthcare. Each facility/hospital has its own culture. Competitive salaries and benefit packages. Retention of employees is still a focus despite this economy. A continuous improvement mentality is prevelant in most parts of the organization.
Cons
Some highly tenured staff have an entitlement mentality. When cuts are needed due to budget constraints a small minority of staff pout, instead of understanding that this is a different economy than it was 3 years ago (it seemed to be the highly tenured staff who were the most vocal.) Lack of a rigorous leadership development program, which is a problem because many leaders are home grown and could really use some revised leadership competencies. An IT platform that seems antiquated for the size and scope of the company.
