Executive Moves

O'Fallon, Mo.-based Mercy tapped Doug Penner to serve as COO of Mercy Clinics in Northwest Arkansas, according to Talk Business & Politics.

Advocate Aurora Health, formed through the merger of Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Milwaukee-based Aurora Health, appointed Robert S. Miller president of two hospitals, according to a Lake Geneva Regional News report.

O'Fallon, Mo.-based Mercy selected Sean J. Hogan to serve as president of St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis, effective Sept. 4.

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Ky., appointed Robert Parker CEO, effective Aug. 27.

Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., hired Thomas Tobin, MD, as CMO.

St. Louis-based SSM Health announced three leadership changes.

Dorchester, Mass.-based Carney Hospital dropped "interim" from President Tom Sands' title, according to the Dorchester Reporter.

In a recent press release, Abbott, in partnership with leading global healthcare organizations, announced the launch of the UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence Award, which stands for unity and the avant garde.

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CEO moves in the last week.

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, Calif., selected Jodi Hein, DNP, RN, to serve as chief nursing officer, according to a KHTS radio report.