One of the real problems with Ebola and U.S. hospitals is

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43. As a former hospital administrator, I can tell you that your OP is partially correct.

But I disagree that it requires medical training to effectively run a hospital.
It does require sensitivity to the problems/issues of staff on the front lines providing direct patient care,
but it doesn't require a degree in any particular clinical specialty. I used to spend a lot of time dropping
in to the service areas under my management. Whenever I had administrative call for the weekend (covering the whole hospital), I would
stop by on Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon, just to see what was up around the hospital. I had a lot
of interesting conversations with staff that way--including areas that didn't report to me-- and all the department heads reporting to me knew that I could show up in their area at any time. We used to joke about it: I called it MBWA--management by
walking around.

The problem in this country is deeper than just the operation of hospitals. We have a business
model for the delivery of health care, that includes insurance. There is only so much revenue
that can be derived from providing hospital services. Without attention to the budget, the hospital
ends up in the red, which means cutting services, laying off staff, or closing its doors.