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Allina Health President of Faribault/Owatonna, David Albrecht, gave the annual report of local health care Wednesday July 10th. Mr. Albrecht in his first year as president touched on the tough items facing healthcare today. Along with some great new additions to the clinic and hospital.
Mr. Albrecht express while health care continues to advance with 95% of processors now outpatient (within 24 hours), hospitals are having to adapt their business structure. More specialized competitors are coming into the market along with high competitiveness with larger markets for employees continues to grow as a challenge.
Through these challenges Mr. Albrecht has seen a good year with business growth (27% net rev) and upgrades to our local hospital. Many of the improvements were in tele-care, which is commonly seen in bigger markets. These call-in care systems allow for less “on-call” staffing needs, which in turn has helped boost staffing retainment and cut down on overtime costs. Distinct One was CAP accredited this past year, which it has not received prior. It is clear that David Albrecht has had a challenging yet successful year her at Allina.
Mr. Albrecht has visions of what our hospital can look like in the near future. Ideas of renovating the out-patient first floor in the old District One building, to maybe changing the name of the hospital away from “District One”. With the political focus on the state of healthcare and considering ideas of universal care for all. The field of health care in our community will be in a state of continuous change. It seems from Mr. Albrecht report our local hospital is up to the challenge, always raising above the curve.