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.
Contact:
Care Logistics®
Alyn Ford, 800-930-0870
aford@carelogistics.com