Quint Studer
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| Born | 1951 LaGrange, Illinois, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, public speaker |
| Known for | Founder of The Studer Group, owner of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos |
Quinton D. Studer (born 1951) is a Pensacola, Florida businessman and philanthropist, known as the co-owner of the minor league baseball team the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and founder of the health care consulting company, Studer Group.
Studer was born in 1951 in LaGrange, Illinois to working class parents. He had partial deafness and a speech impediment. He attended University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and eventually earned master's degree in special education. He worked as a special education teacher for 10 years. After attending counseling for alcoholism, his work with teens with drug and alcohol problems led to his entry into the healthcare field.
Studer's wife, Mary P., known as "Rishy", is also a local business owner/manager and runs the Studer Foundation, Inc. Quint has 5 children and 6 grandchildren.
Following his graduation from college in 1973, Studer spent ten years as a special education teacher at George S. Parker High School in Janesville, Wisconsin and Harvard High School in Harvard, Illinois. After attending counseling for alcoholism, Studer began to work with teens with drug and alcohol problems, which led to his entry into the healthcare field in 1984. In 1987, he became director of marketing for Mercy Hospital in Janesville, Wisconsin. He later served for three years as senior vice president of business development for the hospital.
In 1993, Studer became the COO of Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, which was facing severe financial challenges. Holy Cross CEO Mark Clement assigned Studer the task of improving patient satisfaction. Studer used management techniques focused on raising patient satisfaction through improvements to conditions for employees. The hospital's patient satisfaction rose from 3 to 73 percent in six months and improved financial results. Hospitals & Health Networks & American Hospital Association named Holy Cross "Great Comeback of the Year".
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