Natchitoches (La.) Regional Medical Center has selected Ronnie Ursin, DNP, BSN, RN, to serve as CNO, the medical center announced Dec. 4.
Executive Moves
Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, N.C., has tapped Adia K. Ross, MD, to serve as CMO, the hospital announced.
Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CEO moves in the last week.
Amy Fine, CEO of Bandon, Ore.-based Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, has accepted a new three-year contract offered by the hospital's board, according to the The World.
Axis Health System CEO Bern Heath, PhD, will retire after leading the Durango, Colo.-based health system for more than 19 years.
Anna Chiotti-White, MSN, BSN, was named CEO of Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii, and Kohala Hospital in Kapaau, Hawaii, according to the Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
The Cape Fear Valley Health System board named CFO Sandra Williams and COO Daniel Weatherly as acting senior leadership while CEO Michael Nagowski is on medical leave, the system announced Dec. 2.
UofL Health recently welcomed Aaron Garofola to lead its Shelbyville, Ky., campus as CEO.
David Holmberg, CEO of Highmark Health in Pittsburgh, is the new chair of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's board of directors.
Jim Cole, president and CEO of Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, announced Dec. 2 that he plans to retire next year.