Roseburg, Ore.-based CHI Mercy Health named Russell Woolley its next president and CEO. 

Lilicia Bailey, PhD, was named senior executive vice president and chief people officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, effective Aug. 7.

Sanford Health's former CFO announced her departure weeks before the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based system called off its proposed mega-merger with Fairview Health Services. A former finance chief has come back from retirement to temporarily fill the role. 

The once fastest-growing C-suite role of chief diversity officer has come screeching to a halt, according to a July 21 Wall Street Journal report.

Albert Marinez has been named the inaugural chief analytics officer of Cleveland Clinic.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health has appointed Jensen Hyde, MD, as chief medical officer, making her the first female CMO in the system's 130-year history. 

Kirksville, Mo.-based Northeast Regional Medical Center has named Patrick Avila CEO, effective Sept. 11. 

Heather Cianfrocco has been named president of UnitedHealth Group's Optum, where she will lead its pharmacy and care delivery divisions through Optum Rx and Optum Health.

The board of Lexington (Neb.) Regional Health Center considered firing its CEO after a string of IT concerns, but decided against it after hearing from hospital employees, according to local reports. 

The resignation of a CFO charged with driving the financials of a newly formed health system may not be ideal less than a year into its formation, but it won't affect the trajectory of the Bellin Gundersen Health System.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has named Glenn Focht, MD, president of its Anna Jaques Hospital. 

Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, has been named chief nursing officer for the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing, according to an Aug. 1 news release. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has named Jacqueline Carberry Baratian senior vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, effective Sept. 11. 

Three days into August, four health system CEOs — and two CFOs — have shared plans to leave their roles. 

The University of Tennessee Medical Center has named Robert Craft, MD, as senior vice president and chief academic officer, effective Aug. 1. He will also serve as the fifth dean of the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine.

Dignity Health-St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., has named Ardel Guillamas Avelino, DNP, RN, its new vice president and chief operating officer. 

Rachel Marek, MD, has been selected to serve as chief medical officer of Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands. 

Drew Bigby has joined Providence Swedish as chief administrative officer for the Central Puget Sound service area. 

Onawa, Iowa-based Burgess Health Center has tapped Lynn Wold as CEO. 

Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kan., named Jeremy Rabe its next CEO.