The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Thinking Right: Feigned foreign skills to Grady ills
By Jim Wooten
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Friday, Nov. 30, 2007

Grady board stiffs schools that help it
By Mike King
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007

Conditional surrender In putting pricey stipulations on change, Grady board threatens facility's survival
Mike King
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007

Grady's stipulations don't sit well with state leaders
By Craig Schneider, James Salzer, Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007

Grady OKs change, with strings
By Craig Schneider, Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007 

Grady agrees to nonprofit management board Hospital wants assurances of support from state, business leaders and medical schools
By Craig Schneider, Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007 

Grady's future hangs on critical vote
By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

VOTE SET FOR TODAY: Critical test for Grady's board Promises, threats crank up pressure to OK creating nonprofit group to run cash-starved hospital.
By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

Nonprofit board good for Grady
By Andrew Young
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

Time for all of Atlanta to renew Grady's mission Doctors, hospitals, community vital to institution's survival
By Mike King
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007

NorthSide Opinions: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Thorny problem of water use
By Bill Fleming, Peter Vajda, Robin Griffith, Linda Rhoades, Patricia Milam, Carolyn Angel, John A. Liles, Tim Frederick
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007

Shutting Grady would swamp other hospitals, many say
By Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007

9 reasons Grady could matter to you
By Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007

WHAT'S AT STAKE: HOSPITAL'S VALUE EXAMINED What's so important about Grady? Medical experts say the 115-year-old hospital offers a range of services unduplicated in Atlanta.
By Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007

OUR OPINION: SAVING GRADY: Evaluate, streamline and serve A restructure team must prioritize, not expect more funds for hospital
By Mike King
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/opinion/stories/2007/11/21/savegradyed1121.html

Ahead of the Curve Your eye on community development
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 

Doctors, clergy join the call to save Grady
By Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007

Grady inches closer to nonprofit status 'Momentum' builds: Pressure from business, medical and political community may force change.
By Craig Schneider, Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Friday, Nov. 16, 2007

Fulton to cut ambulance funds, shift costs to cities
By D.L. Bennett
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Friday, Nov. 16, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/ems1116.html

Sweeping changes expected for Grady
By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007

Group of lawmakers to hold hearing on Grady abortion clinic
By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007

State to give Grady $5.4M next year Hospital board claims the money still is not enough
By Gayle White
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007

Vote set on nonprofit plan for Grady Funds, mission: Backers think proposal will eliminate politics, bring in financial help. Opponents say poor will suffer.
By Craig Schneider
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Nonprofit to take over Grady operations
By Urvaksh Karkaria
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007

Atlanta Broadcast News

Atlanta Broadcast NewsGrady Board Approves Non-Profit Move
WSB-TV Channel 2
November 27, 2007


Monday Vote Could Determine Grady's Future
CBS Channel 46 News
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

Group Prays for Grady
By Duffie Dixon
WXIA-TV Channel 11 News
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

Dr. Maupin on WABE-FM MSM President Dr. John E. Maupin Jr. was heard on the radio throughout Metro Atlanta Today, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Maupin discussed the Grady Memorial Hospital financial crisis as part of the WABE-FM "Saving Grady" six-day series. The interview was taped last week by the station and was broadcast during a National Public Radio (NPR) local news cut-in at 8:35 a.m. on 90.1. Check out the interview at www.wabe.org/grady.

The Associated Press

Atlanta Hospital in Grave Condition
By Errin Haines
The Associated Press
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

Debt threatens to close hospital Atlanta facility is only major trauma center within 100-mile radius
By Errin Haines
The Associated Press
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

Grady Hospital Changes to Nonprofit
By Leah Johnson
The Associated Press
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

Other Media Outlets

Governor Won't Sign Grady Document
WSB 750 News Talk Radio
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007

Statement from Governor Perdue on Grady Memorial Hospital Board Vote
The Weekly
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007

State should engage Grady's funding gambit
Athens Banner-Herald
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007

Atlanta Hospital Board Adopts Nonprofit Governance
WJXX-TV Georgia State News
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007

Atlanta Hospital Moves to Unburden Itself of Debt
By Kevin Sack and Shaila Dewan
The New York Times
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007

Atlanta's public hospital in critical condition, may close unless civic leaders can rescue it
Arizona Daily Star
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007

Gingrey announces over $21 million for 11th District and State Defense projects Defense bill also includes funding for procurement of 20 F-22s
By Chris Jackson
gingrey.house.gov
Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007

Media Release

Emory, Morehouse Are Prepared to Protect Core Missions
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Media Contacts: Cherie Richardson (Morehouse School of Medicine) (404) 752-1917
Ron Sauder (Emory University) (404) 727-4499

The Emory and Morehouse schools of medicine must take steps to ensure they can carry out their core missions of medical education, training, research and patient care in the face of serious questions about the future of Grady Memorial Hospital, according to the presidents of the two private institutions.

Dr. James Wagner, president of Emory University, and Dr. John Maupin, president of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), say they are concerned about the impact of ongoing budget uncertainty on patient care, recruitment and retention of faculty, and recruitment of residents -- newly-minted MDs who pursue graduate training in medical specialties. Emory and MSM provide all of the medical staffing of Grady under contract with the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority.

In a joint letter, dated Nov. 8, 2007 to Pamela S. Stephenson, chair of the Authority, the two presidents commended her for the exploratory work the Authority is doing in preparation for a Nov. 26 vote on forming a new nonprofit 501 (c) (3) corporation to operate Grady. They expressed hope that the governance change will happen quickly and that it will be an effective means to secure new sources of funding for the hospital, which currently owes the two schools a combined total debt of $63 million.

"As you undertake major transformation, we wish to support and encourage your efforts," the presidents said. "We also want to assist in any way we can with a new governance structure and securing new sources of funding."

The two presidents repeated what Emory and MSM officials have said with increasing urgency for several months -- that time is growing short for Grady to move forward with governance and funding changes. Facing the need over the next few months to interview and select new residents for placement at Grady, they said it is necessary for Grady's situation to be resolved by the end of the calendar year.

Under the terms of the National Resident Matching Program, teaching institutions identify the number of residency slots they can guarantee by the end of January. However, the process begins in September with prospective residents (fourth-year medical students who will shortly earn their MDs) applying for their preferred programs. Then institutions like Emory and MSM offer interviews and elective courses between November and January. At the end of January, prospective residents must specify their preferences in rank order. The teaching programs (in this case Emory and MSM) assume ongoing obligations to the residents who have "matched" for the terms of their residencies, which typically last for three to four years. New residency appointments begin nationwide on July 1 of each year. Emory alone has more than 375 residency and fellowship slots at Grady and MSM has 95.

"Even as the hospital authority continues its deliberations," Drs. Wagner and Maupin wrote to Ms. Stephenson, "Emory and Morehouse are compelled to explore alternative venues for our programs in the event those deliberations are unsuccessful. The process of reviewing alternatives is already under way, so that we might be in a position to begin redeployment as necessary in the new year."
They continued, "We remain cautiously optimistic that we will be able to preserve our historic and productive relationship that has benefited thousands of patients, the counties and the state as a whole."