The Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals in Braintree has announced its newly elected board of directors.
Executive Moves
Steve Edgar, current COO of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan., has been named CEO of Galichia Heart Hospital, also in Wichita, according to a report by The Wichita Eagle.
Fort Walton Beach (Fla.) Medical Center has named Mitch Mongell CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Bear Valley (Calif.) Community Healthcare District has named Raymond Hino, FACHE, interim CEO of Bear Valley Community Hospital.
Jonathan Bates, MD, president and CEO of Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, has announced plans to retire at the end of June 2013.
Greg Seiler has served as CEO of Metropolitan Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, since October 2012.
The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
Jack Ivie has been named president of Glendale (Calif.) Memorial Hospital and Health Center, according to a San Fernando Valley Business Journal report.
Sister Sheila Lyne, RSM, has announced plans to retire as president and CEO of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago.
George Halvorson has served as chairman and CEO of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest health plan and hospital system, since 2002. Thirty-seven hospitals were part of Kaiser's system as of Dec. 31, 2011.