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hospital administration

When the System Fails Its Smallest Patients

Between 2008 and 2022, U.S. hospitals closed nearly 30 percent of pediatric inpatient units. While those reductions are often framed as a response to declining admissions, they have an unintended cost, the loss of shared capacity that once sustained rare and complex care.

EJB Talks: Lifelong Learning and Leadership in Healthcare

With nearly four decades of healthcare administrative experience, William Tuttle explains how his journey began with his decision to shift from medicine to hospital management. He talks about his 38 years with Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, where he advanced through multiple roles from managing service departments to leading a rural hospital and later overseeing physician recruitment and large construction projects.

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