The LeFlore County Hospital Authority has retained B.E. Smith, a leadership solutions firm, to lead a national CEO search for Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center in Poteau.
Executive Moves
South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla., has named Karen Frenier, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, president.
Benson (Ariz.) Hospital has named Richard Polheber CEO and Ken Gorason CFO, according to a San Pedro Valley News-Sun report.
Des Moines-based Iowa Health System has named Aric Sharp as vice president of network development, according to a Quincy Herald-Whig report.
David Shulkin, MD, president of Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center and vice president of Atlantic Health System in Morristown, N.J., has been named chairman of the board of the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals.
Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., has named Sharon Goodison CNO and vice president of patient care services.
The American Hospital Association has named Katherine Keene, a trustee at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, as the chair of its Committee on Governance for 2013.
It's CFO Mer Doucette's job to anticipate change and prepare Eastern Maine Medical Center for what's ahead. With 15 years at EMMC and 34 years in hospital finance, Mr. Doucette has a wealth of professional history to inform his decisions.
North Hawaii Community Hospital in Kamuela has named Lowell W. Johnson interim CEO.
The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania has named its officers and board of directors for 2013.