Doctor Prem Reddy Named one of Medicine's Best
Doctor Prem Reddy has been named one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare.” This was the ninth time the chair of Prime Healthcare has been honored by Modern Healthcare magazine, considered the leader in healthcare business news, research, and data.
- (1888PressRelease) July 01, 2017 - Doctor Prem Reddy, the CEO and president of Prime Healthcare Services, which includes Desert Valley Hospital, has been named one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare.”
This was the ninth time the chair of Prime Healthcare has been honored by Modern Healthcare magazine, considered the leader in healthcare business news, research, and data.
A cardiologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Reddy was born into a family of leaders in rural India, where he learned the values and guiding principles that led to his medical and business accomplishments, according to Modern Healthcare.
“It is always an honor and enormously rewarding to be recognized for work that has been my life’s passion,” Reddy told the Daily Press. “I am grateful for the opportunity to create an organization dedicated to providing quality, compassionate care to communities throughout the nation.”
Reddy added that he’s honored that Modern Healthcare recognizes the importance of Prime Healthcare’s role as leaders in saving distressed hospitals and transforming them into community assets, preserving quality care for all people in this country.
Modern Healthcare tallied more than 66,000 votes in compiling this year’s list of high-profile physician executives. During the selection process, the judging criteria included the physician’s contributions and achievements, executive responsibility, leadership professional achievement, innovation and community service.
The medical industry leaders were chosen based on how well they steered their organizations and the health care delivery system through dynamic and challenging times.
“We’ve grown to become one of the largest health systems in the nation while maintaining a high level of quality patient care that has been nationally recognized. Prime Healthcare has turned around 44 distressed and bankrupt hospitals and saved and created 45,000 jobs across the United States, preserving much-needed health care in urban and rural communities across the United States,” Reddy said.
“Prime Healthcare’s mission has evolved out of my commitment to quality care, combined with my responsibility as a citizen to give back to our communities.”
Through his charitable foundations, Reddy has donated over $800 million to fund not-for-profit hospitals, charitable missions, and universities, including the creation of a new, non-profit medical school.
In 2014, Reddy donated $40 million through his Prime Healthcare Foundation toward the privately-funded, nonprofit California University of Science and Medicine’s School of Medicine, which will be based in Colton, the Daily Press previously reported.
“It says a lot about who Dr. Reddy is and really where his passion is. Dr. Reddy is a man with great compassion who aims at preserving health care provided to communities that are underserved,” said Fred Hunter, the CEO of DVH. “His innovation and vision have resulted in Desert Valley Hospital and Prime Healthcare not only leading the industry but also setting a model that others wish to follow. I am privileged to be a part of such an innovative leader and I congratulate Dr. Reddy as he is recognized once again among the Top 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders. This does not come without hard work, passion, and dedication.”
Among numerous accolades, Prime Healthcare has been recognized as one of the “10 Top Health Systems” and one of the “15 Top Health Systems” in the nation three times. Since 2003, 38 Prime Healthcare hospitals have been recognized among the “100 Top Hospitals” in the nation.
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