Securing the university's future S ince Allegheny declared bankruptcy for its Philadelphia empire July 20, its faculty and medical students have, for the most part, remained determined to rescue their academic institutions. In the end, they succeeded. The university, which includes a medical school, nursing school and schools of public health and allied health, is being restructured as a new, nonprofit organization that will be managed by Drexel University. In addition, it will remain affiliated with Tenet's hospitals, including Hahnemann University Hospital, Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital and Christopher's Hospital for Children. There's something about the idea of a company that has done this before and been very successful in competitive health care arenas.
People are excited to have that sort of backing.
With the resignations of the medical school's dean and the university's interim president, there is a sense that new leadership is needed. It's not a bad thing. It's a new start. But their actions at the acquired hospitals, such as moving forward to make key administrative changes, already seem to be speaking louder than words. It's a much more open environment.