Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii, has named Kathryn Harter as interim CEO, effective Nov. 1, according to a Hawaii 24/7 report.
Executive Moves
Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati has named Lee Ann Liska as interim president until the system finds a permanent president in early 2011, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer report.
Tom Mingen, the administrator of Delta (Colo.) County Memorial Hospital, has announced his intention to retire in Feb. 2012, according to a Delta County Independent report.
Eric Boley, CEO of South Lincoln Medical Center in Kemmerer, Wyo., has been named chairman of the Wyoming Hospital Association, according to a Little Chicago Review report.
Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita has named cardiologist Greg Duick, MD, one of the hospital's founders, as president, according to a Wichita Eagle report.
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Plumas District Hospital in Quincy, Calif., has named Linda Jameson interim CEO, according to a Plumas News report.
Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, Calif., has named Richard Polheber as its new CEO, according to a Press Democrat report.
John Betjemann, the man who led Methodist Hospitals in Gary, Ind., for nearly one-quarter century, died last week from complications of Parkinson's disease at age 70, according to a Post-Tribune report.
Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare COO Thomas P. Glynn has announced he will leave the health system at the end of the year to teach at Harvard, according to a Boston Globe report.
Virtua Healthcare System, based in Marlton, N.J., has promoted Ninfa Saunders to president and COO of the hospital system, according to a Philly Burbs report.