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New AHA chairman’s goal is to improve healthcare
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, February 5, 2008
William Petasnick, the chief executive of Froedtert & Community Health, has been named 2008 chairman of the American Hospital Association. Petasnick says that the healthcare system needs to be changed and transformed to better meet the needs of communities and patients. The AMA wants to use the coming presidential election as an opportunity to begin the debate about the U.S. healthcare system, he adds.
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