Accomplished Hospital Executive Ed Bonn Joins Care Logistics®

Bonn brings 30 years of experience to Care Logistics® to help partner hospitals transform operations and deliver breakthrough results

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  July 2, 2012

Care Logistics® announced the addition of 30-year hospital and health system executive Ed Bonn to the Care Logistics® team as enterprise vice president for the southeast region. Bonn has previously served as the president and CEO of Southern Regional Health System, executive vice president of WellStar Health System and the president of Kennestone Hospital, all based in Georgia.

"Bonn understands the needs of hospitals from a CEO's perspective and knows how hospital executive and operational teams work," said Ben Sawyer, Care Logistics® executive vice president. "Care Logistics® is excited to add a hospital executive leader like Bonn in this comprehensive role, helping our clients redesign care coordination with proven engineering science and innovative hospital logistics software."

As enterprise VP with Care Logistics®, Bonn serves as dedicated executive counsel with partner hospital leaders committed to total operational efficiency and effective performance. Bonn works with the Care Logistics® team that engages hospital executives from the beginning, helping them define a clear system aim and working closely throughout the partnership to exceed organizational objectives with substantial improvements in throughput, quality, and the satisfaction of patients and their care providers.

"Joining Care Logistics® gives me the greatest opportunity to advance my career commitment to transforming hospital operations," said Bonn. "Hospitals that partner with Care Logistics® realize breakthrough performance and operational efficiency that exceeds anything I have seen in 30 years as a hospital executive. The Care Logistics® solution delivers the bold change and dramatic results that hospital leaders need to thrive in challenging times."

Bonn's previous accomplishments as a hospital executive include:

  • Financial turnarounds, quality and patient safety recognitions and patient service culture transformation
  • Recognition as a "100-Top Hospital" performer, a finalist in Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Places to Work" and three consecutive years as an Atlanta Business Chronicle "A+ Employer"
  • Fostering positive cultures in employee and physician workforces to create high-performing teams and improved operational efficiencies
  • Improved EBIDA at Southern Regional by $30 million

Bonn's additional experience with integrated delivery systems includes eight years as a board member for VHA-GA and Phoenix Health Services, cooperatives consisting of some of Georgia's largest integrated delivery systems. He also served as chairman of Georgia's Task Force on Quality and Patient Safety under the Georgia Hospital Association's Partnership for Health and Accountability Program.

About Care Logistics®

Care Logistics® collaborates with hospitals to redesign care coordination, powered by our innovative logistics software, so hospitals can predict and sustain breakthrough improvements in patient throughput, quality of care, and satisfaction of patients and their care providers. For more information, contact Care Logistics® at (800) 930-0870, or learn more about the dramatic results Care Logistics® customers are achieving at: www.carelogistics.com/outcomes.

 

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