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Article: CEO with a knack for managing people, finances sparks sharp: Mike Murphy leads highly rated health care system's overhaul in tough times.(Special Report: Health Care)
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- San Diego Business Journal
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- October 22, 2007
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Health care in America is at a crossroads as government and industry leaders continue to debate about who should pay for health services and who should be insured.
While political leaders try to find solutions to health care problems that have developed over decades, Mike Murphy is on the leading edge of his own reform. As chief executive officer of San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, the 50-year-old Murphy oversees one of the county's largest private employers with nearly 14,000 employees, 2,600 affiliated physicians and 2,000 volunteers. The nonprofit health care system includes four acute-care hospitals; three specialty hospitals; three affiliated medical ...