Ms. O’Brien has been serving as vice president of physician practices at Great River Health Systems in Burlington, Iowa. She’s also the health system’s former director of integrated services.
Previously, she was administrative director of Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, from 2007 to 2012.
The CEO announcement comes after St. Louis-based SSM Health signed a definitive agreement in January to sell the 100-year-old facility to Kansas City, Mo.-based Noble Health. The transaction is expected to close in March.
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