Can Private Equity Help Improve Quality of Care?

With the volatility of the stock market and still low interest rates, private equity continues to have a greater role in the health care industry. But can private equity improve patient safety outcomes with the entire industry under pressure to improve quality? Tim Dugan, co-founder of Water Street Healthcare Partners, a private equity fund focused solely on the health care industry, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about what private investment has to offer for quality in medical care.