Consolidation benefits community. Interview by Donald E.L. Johnson

Multi-unit hospital systems remain one of the important players in health care during the 1990s. But, what model works best for bringing superior care to a community or region? In the following interview with Health Care Strategic Management's Donald E.L. Johnson, Donald C. Wegmiller, President/CEO of Health One, a health care corporation offering services in 12 outlying communities in five states, as well as metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul, defines his vision for such a system and the community benefits that hospitals should be providing and measuring.