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Hospital Board Governance

Escondido

Summary

Think the hospital is messing up? The article says it's all about who we elect to the board! It's a wake-up call for qualified folks to actually run for these crucial positions.

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Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

Bad board choices could mean your healthcare costs go up, but getting good people in could save you money.

✅Who benefits

Everyone who uses the hospital benefits when smart, qualified people are making the big decisions.

⚠️Who could be affected

If no one qualified steps up, we all suffer from potentially poor decisions impacting our healthcare.

Mentions & discussions (1)

Escondido Times-AdvocateApr 10, 2026

Letter to the Editor: “WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY” - Escondido Times-Advocate

Editor, Times-Advocate: Little did Walt Kelly know that his comment in the 1971 Pogo comic strip would be so profound and find so many applications.u00a0 Saying the words: u201cWe have met the enemy and he is us,u201d Kelly was writing about the first Earth Day.u00a0 But he might just as well have been writing about the problems with Palomar Medical Center here in Escondido. Itu2019s easy to point a finger and say that the problem is all because of and inattentive and unqualified Board of Directors, and on the surface, that just might be correct.u00a0 Forty years as an EMT, <a href="https://www.times-advocate.com/?post_type=oht_article&p=52821">[&hellip;]</a>

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