The class of 1970: making connections with change

Whatever happened to the class of 1970? For the most part, they're still right here in our midst. But a lot has changed since the young people (mostly young men) who took their MHAs from health administration programs left school. Although many started out with their eye on the hospital CEO prize, the 1970 grads have fanned out across the health care profession spectrum--and beyond. The kinds of changes in the health care field the 1970 MHA graduates have seen are the ones that have transformed health care in just two decades. PPS, managed care, the indigent care crisis, downsizing, the growth of systems, greater physician scrutiny and an avalanche of regulations of all types have fundamentally altered the health care career map. The 1970 grads will tell you--in their own words--what two decades of revolution have meant to them--and to all of us.