The Story of HealthSouth [Hardcover]

Jeffrey L. Rodengen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 8, 2002

The book chronicles the rise of one of America's most well know health care facilities nationally and internationally. It tells the story of a young risk-taking entrepreneur named Richard Scrushy who decided to open a new healthcare company, one that would take rehabilitation out of the basements of hospitals and move it into lively positive settings that promote wellness and healing.

With headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, the young company grew after 18 years to more than 1,900 facilitates in the United States as well as in the United Kingdom, Australia and Puerto Rico. HealthSouth has become the nation's leading provider of ambulatory surgery, diagnostic imaging, and inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: Write Stuff Syndicate (November 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0945903588
• ISBN-13: 978-0945903581
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,657,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Vanity Press designed especially for the vain, March 7, 2004

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Charon "Charon" (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Story of HealthSouth (Hardcover)

Parts of the book are interesting. It was an era of rolling up small businesses into big businesses with Wall Street making the first killing and top management making the second killing. That part is OK but already well known. One gets the feeling that the dissembler believes his own tale. A good example of the limits to which fawning and excessive praise go unnoticed by giant egos.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Something is Mi$$ing, March 23, 2003

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J. f. G. (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Story of HealthSouth (Hardcover)

Something about this book just didn't seem to "cook". I felt like I was scammed. The storyline just didn't add up and I felt like I was taken for a ride. I'd put it up for re-sale, but I'm not sure I would get back what I paid for it.

1.0 out of 5 stars Fact or Fiction?, March 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Story of HealthSouth (Hardcover)

There would seem to be a lot more fiction than fact given last week's most recent revelations. Especially interesting is the introduction by a well known Senator.