CEO Decision-making at Prairie Health Services

Authors: Wallingford, Valerie; Gritzmacher, Sharon
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Year: 2011
Company Name: Prairie Health Service
Number of pages: 3

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Abstract:

This case focuses on a significant problem faced by county-owned Prairie Health Service’s administrators: What could be done to reduce multiple billings and other redundancies among the four divisions of the organization? The administrators’ goal was to implement an integrated records management system that would streamline the registration and billing processes for patients thereby increasing efficiency and timeliness, as well as reducing financial losses. While this was a fiscally responsible goal for the organization, the records management software package selected by the CEO was inadequate for the task. Rather than listen to the recommendations of his division administrators who had spent considerable time researching potential software, the CEO seemed to be basing his selection decision on the personal relationship he had developed with sales representatives from one of the software firms.