Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet) a health care services company runs primarily general hospitals and other ancillary healthcare facilities. They are one of the largest investor-owned hospitals companied in the US. Tenet owned or operated 49 acute care hospitals( to include the infamous Memorial Hospital in the state of New Orleans famed after the horrific events following hurricane Katrina), and 59 outpatient centers in 11 states an 89 outpatient centers serving urban and rural communities. (Martin, 2006)
Their mission statement “At Tenet, our business is health care. Our mission is to improve the quality of life of every patient who enters our doors. Our approach makes us unique and defines our future.”