Clients in the Hospital Industry Channon & Associates has worked with over 350 hospitals to accelerate the implementation of sustainable operational and financial improvements.  We have worked with hospitals to grow operating margins through approaches and initiatives that may have been overlooked.   We have worked with hospitals to speed up patient flow in the emergency department, rolled out high-impact initiatives, helped hospitals with financial turnarounds, and optimized hospital bed use to yield more revenue and higher operating margins.     “Over the years that we’ve worked together, Channon & Associates has become a trusted advisor to me and my leadership teams. They have provided us with fresh perspectives and have produced a major financial impact for us.  They combine a deep understanding of organizational issues with an experienced point of view of how the world of the hospital executive operates.”    Nita Kasan, COO/CNO Sun Coast Hospital more client quotes Many of our clients face similar challenges, including the need to: Implement margin improvement initiatives Create "virtual" bed capacity by improving patient throughput Create alignment and motivation within the organization to move specific performance improvement initiatives forward.  Look for new opportunities for cost reduction that they may have been overlooked Define or redefine bed use priorities from a strategic organizational perspective    A representative list of  hospitals and hospital groups we have assisted includes:                           OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL HCA, Nashville, TN HealthEast, Saint Paul, MN Saint Barnabas Health Care System, West Orange, NJ Christus Health System, Houston, TX CSA Health System, Richfield, OH St. John Health Center, Santa Monica, CA Bryan-LGH Medical Center, Lincoln, NE Franciscan Sisters Health Care Corporation, Mokena, IL Incarnate Word Health System, San Antonio, TX Mount Carmel Health, Columbus, OH Quorum Health, Brentwood, TN Resurrection Health Care Corporation, Chicago, IL Santa Rosa Health Care Corporation, San Antonio, TX Sisters of Saint Francis Health System, Mishewaka, IN University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL Via Christi Hospital, Wichita, KS Memorial Hospital, Long Beach, CA Northridge Hospital, Northridge, CA OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, IL Saint Francis Medical Center, Evanston, IL Saint Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX The Methodist Hospitals, Gary, IN University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA University of Chicago Hospitals & Clinics, Chicago, IL West Suburban Hospital & Medical Center, Oak Park, IL Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey, Illinois  Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL Saint John Medical Center, Tulsa, OK Saint James Hospital, Chicago Heights, IL Mercy Center for Health Care, Aurora, IL Methodist Hospital, Chicago, IL Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry, IL Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park, IL Providence Hospital, Sandusky, OH Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora, IL Saint Francis Hospital, Beech Grove, IN Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, IL Saint Margaret Mercy Hospital and Health Center, Hammond, IN Saint Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA United Medical Center, Moline, IL   Download clients  quick info request   c CONTACT