Schneider P
Healthc Inform. 1997 Aug;14(8):44-5, 47-50.
Of any one organization in the healthcare industry, Columbia HCA/Healthcare Corp. has become a symbol for the mass-market commercialization of healthcare. Since its humble beginnings in 1987 as a two-hospital organization in El Paso, Texas, the cunning of its founder and CEO Richard Scott had catapulted the hospital chain start-up, through an aggressive strategy of mergers and acquisitions, to its current position as the nation's largest provider of healthcare services.
在医疗保健行业的任何一个组织中,哥伦比亚HCA医疗保健公司已成为医疗保健大规模商业化的象征。自1987年在得克萨斯州埃尔帕索以一家拥有两家医院的机构 humble beginnings 起步以来,其创始人兼首席执行官理查德·斯科特的精明策略,通过激进的并购战略,将这家连锁医院初创企业推上了如今作为美国最大医疗保健服务提供商的地位。 (注:humble beginnings 直译为“卑微的开端”,这里意译为“起步”更通顺些 )