Oregon Health Forum
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John King calls health care industry arrogant

Why is the health care industry the last to
take quality seriously? John King posed that
question to physicians gathered at a
conference sponsored by the Medical Society
of Metropolitan Portland in February.
"We're pretty arrogant," King said. "We have
a 'field of dreams' mentality. We'll build
it; they'll come." Chairman of the American
Hospital Assn., King recently stepped down
as CEO and president of Legacy Health System.
Hospitals have lost the public's trust in
the past decade, he added, and the AHA has
an agenda to restore that trust.