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Show I fclKStfi -- IB Thursday February 28, 2002 O lies in Carbon County. He left that life to go to Ricks College in lontoBYllbe- Idaho and fore working in Salt Lake. But his roots are still in coal country and be values the hard work, dedication and sacrifice it takes to run an energy driven economy. So Manley is here and he will be the CEO of Castleview for a long time if he has his way. Manley also understands that the hospital is more than just a health care facility in our area, it is also a major economic and so- By RICHARD SHAW Special sections editor Some people see Castleview Hospital as a place that saves lives and heals people. Othen see it as a place where accident victims get the best care between Grand Junction and Pixmjl Many in our area see it as the place they go to work everyday. Some business people in the community see it as one of their i.W- - NATION i: CV HCIA INC: Wffi Jeff Manley sees it as the heart cial force. As I have met with the managers in the various departments I told them that one of the things Castleview about seven weeks die hospital needs to do in acom-muniis to give back to the com a of knows die ago importance ,he states. "Not just in a and a to munitycommunity hospital imRegion. He also knows how money, but we need to be the relationships betwreuvolvcd in many waya. I the main focus of a citizens of the county amjfoe ! intake care v of its cus-mabusinesses in the area arefo the It is also there to make i: medical facility in eastern for ?!:eivestonwhoGWii V Utah. pf the community. ; Manley, who took over as the chief administrator for ty rewr, -- in . . He also know if Carbon ,,theiV.c teresting views still see years ago County because he has Bved here ;V.: Peo before. Manley, who started in the , ofhosr.i health care burinesajpjtwaigas . hos-we- re or the of facilities manageme non-medic- trator here ftom 1991-199- 3, said Manley sitting in his office last week as the bright Olympic poured through the IfovedAhereandthat jswfaylcamebadL' v,t Manley,. who is priginally ftom coal country near ficrantoo, ftLworkedforyearaBnjaltlake atpioneerV&Ifcy HospjtiL Whik f . - mastrgdegbee into si oteiall administration. ter gettfogdudde pem he ended up in ml CEO of a hagai ir locus is still on taking care of people and making them well, but we do have s business end to worry about, he states, That business end also affects foe rest erf the community far , Gasdeviewt vate WhenfoejobatJ( Hospital in West J( openljumpedatiL" Eventually he decided toi a career change however, took a job as foe city manager for Riverton. But only a few weeks into that position, an old friend called him and told him that Jeff Frandsen at Castleview had resigned and they wanted him to interview for the position. lldiscussi it, My wife he says of his spouse and family who are presently still living in the Salt Lake Vhiley. We were so happy when we Ihnd here, that I (leaded I would try for it This was a great opportunity for us to come back to the area. Manleys grandfather was a coal miner in Pennsylvania and he remembers how that affected foe family, just as energy production in this forms of coal and gas hive affected the lives of fami- - of Theh06pitalaIsPbuySlJkrf i, materials andfktttHies locally wMaddstoftrf-uii-r area,--- , . i&Xjl ism now and in the bw'ir.g nsmuch going to for. r ntes aswecanjr-wv- . Th$'&- gjary tlur v - "I Uked foe unhappy in Kentucky, st more than! most realize. Castkview Hospi& employes 283 people with a.payroll of $7 million a year. jTbat jnlkes : In farilitfe management Hierehii adnlmistratwwgedhimTBta govem-Mo- are now by corporations done just about is to do in hospitals, understands the munity and its necds. y. I was the assistant adminis- - if. . jjierMhater'-r.whatwecWwjllrL.- ; - ' 'rionsasfoeja:' 1 ! Jeff Manky is Ihe new CEO at Castleview Hospital says the hospitals care capabilities ing system in one room was upwards of $50,000. People want foe best to take care iff people they love, says Manky. Right now we hare very equipment all over this hospital. There are probably only a few hospitals, particularly of our size that has the care capabilities we feature. health This is truely an care facility. understand the differences in health care from the way it was years ago and the way it is in other places. One of the differences people seem to notice the most is foe costs incurred when they stay in thehospitaL People want us to keep their loved ones alive no matter what, says Manky. In many places in the world that is not the way it is. That makes health care more expensive in the United States than it is in many other places. One of jobs is to educate people our hospital and what it i and doesnt da Mankys job isatight wire act must act as a manager of a land death service to foe com-- . He state-of-the-a- rt te rank among some of the best in But rural hospitals, such as Castleview have other differences which make them unique to run. Right now 29 doctors work out erf Castleview, some of which are roving physicians. There are many specialists who come here for one day a week or a few days a month to work just because the hospital is here, he says. Without our presence many of their services would the state, including the Wasatch Front not be available locally. In some ways hospitals are like police officers. People often ignore them until they are needed and then they expect the best. I know we have our detractors, but we will continue to work closely with the public and the business community not only to improve our relationships but our image as well, concluded Manky. ...IM . M m. o? : lS5SSSS .U y.rV to those that own the hos- iurr. pital. as well workingthei I have here in the hospital to evaluate their areas and to come up with services that we could provide that we are not providing now, he said. Hie health care field is ever changing, but not only in ways that seem obvious. Mott people here about many of the new innovations in both drug therapy and electronic evaluation, hit few realize how the administration and support services have changed in recent years toa One of my jobs is to educate people about health care and about how a hospital operates, states Manley. We also need to i People who invest in hospitals are often not typical business people, states Manley. In the late 1980s and early 1990s the return on investment in this type of facility was only one to two percent, despite the seemingly large increases in costs. Mo6t investors would never put up with such low profits on their money. Things for investors are better now, but the technology torun a hospital properly becomes more costly all foe time. When Cutleview opened its new surgical center last summer the cost to not only build foe new building but more over to equip it was very expensive. For instance one of foe operating tables in surgery cost near S30J300 and foe light J !?. v SUV XEROX WORECCENTRE PR0412 COPYPRINTSCANFAC . 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