Systems face challenges. Interview by Donald E.L. Johnson.

The regional hospital system has become a mainstay in the structuring of health care during the past decade. How will it fare in the next 10 years? In the following interview with Health Care Strategic Management's editor and publisher Donald E.L. Johnson, Fred L. Brown, president and chief executive officer of Christian Health System, the St. Louis, Mo.-based umbrella organization for nine hospitals, six nursing facilities, and one retirement community, predicts a bright future for the health care system. He also discusses the strategies that are unique to the success of such a system.