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Galen Healthcare System Case Study

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A: The US has recently enacted a series of healthcare reforms to correct some of the historical concerns regarding cost, quality and access (Rooney, 2011). After carefully reviewing Galen Healthcare System article it became clear and concise that there several factors surrounding the structure of Galen Healthcare System was to blame for the undue financial restraints. Hence the reason why Galen’s senior leadership team hired an experienced procurement manager named Richard Gunerson, to turn around the corporation. Regardless of the current situation of the corporation Gunerson approach was viewed as gauche and unforthcoming to some, after the drafted letter and the conversation with Stacie Freberg, Gunerson should have made it a point to have

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