1. J. Phil Harrop was named interim president of Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City (Ore.), according to an Idaho Press-Tribune report.
2. Richard Cleland, who was removed as CEO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Erie County Medical Center last year, is the administrator of Ira Davenport Memorial and system vice president of post acute services for Elmira, N.Y.-based Arnot Health, which operates Ira Davenport Memorial, along with two other small hospitals and three nursing homes, reports The Buffalo News.
3. St. Ignace, Mich.-based Mackinac Straits Health System named Karen Cheeseman succeeding CEO to Rodney Nelson.
4. Richmond, Va.-based HCA Virginia’s Retreat Doctors’ Hospital named Nancy Boykin CNO, The Progress-Index reports.
5. Silver City, N.M.-based Gila Regional Medical Center tapped Alfredo Ontiveros, former CEO of Gila Regional, as interim CEO, Silver City Daily Press reports.
6. Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health named Shalin Shah CFO of Saint Thomas Midtown and Saint Thomas West hospitals in Nashville, effective Jan. 1.
7. Belleville, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System St. Elizabeth’s Hospital appointed Elizabeth Govero CNO, Belleville News-Democrat reports.
8. Tammy Albright, BSN, the CNO of Greenville, Tenn.-based Takoma Regional Hospital, was promoted to president of the hospital.
9. Pomeroy, Wash.-based Garfield County Hospital District named Brenda Parnell interim CEO, The Lewiston Tribune reports.
10. Beth Hughes left her post this week as president of Boston-based Steward Health Care System’s flagship hospital after about a year, The Boston Globe reports.
