Profiles in service (1986-1995). The Foster G. McGaw Prize winners. Greater Southeast Healthcare System, Washington, DC.

Greater Southeast Healthcare System, the 1989 award winner, isn't sitting by and letting Washington, DC's economic problems get the better of it. The system is moving forward to control costs, enhance its bottom line--and improve the health and socioeconomic status of its community. CEO Dalton Tong talks about the many challenges ahead.