Article: Northwest Health's condition upgraded to stable. (sale of Northwest Health System to Quorum Health Group Inc.)

After Flat-Lining, Hospital System Recovering Thanks to Quorum Health Group

Northwest health system's 14-member board of directors knew more than a month before its public announcement Aug. 8 that the community-owned, not-for-profit entity would have to be sold.

"We learned we had a strong need for capital, and we needed it quick," says Bob Shaw, who has been the board's chairman since February.

But a physician who was involved in the process says the necessity of a sale has loomed for much longer, and he blames competitive forces.

"It seemed that [a sale was coming] for over a year," says Dr. John Kendrick, a practicing physician for the past ...

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