As director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, MD, holds one of the most interesting and influential positions in medical research. As the implementation of health reform approaches, he urges the government to increase its investment in biomedical…
Executive Moves
New Jersey-based Atlantic Health has named Kevin Lenahan vice president of finance and chief financial officer, according to an Independent Press report.
John E. Smithhisler, president and CEO of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., has announced his resignation, according to a Telegram report.
Aurora Medical Center in Summit (Wisc.) has named Dan Bonk vice president and chief administrative officer, according to a Living Lake County report.
As founder and CEO of Animas Surgical Hospital in Durango, Colo., the first physician-owned hospital in the state, and president of Physician Hospitals of America, Brett Gosney is understandably concerned about the future of physician-owned hospitals. In a 2010 interview…
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Mercy Health Partners, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has named Andrea Price president and CEO, according to a Toledo Blade report.
Healthcare Performance Companies, a company in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that provides clinical and financial solutions for hospitals and health systems, has named Howard Greenfield, MD, its new senior vice president, according to a Healthcare Performance news release.
Penny Cermak, vice president of finance and CFO for Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Ill., and Advocate Eureka (Ill.) Hospital has announced that she will leave the organization at the end of September, according to a Pantagraph report.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved seven board members for Willowbrook's new Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital, which is scheduled to open in 2013, according to an Southern California Public Radio report.
Like most other executives in the healthcare industry, Andrea Price is focused on the effects of health reform on her hospital. As the new CEO of Mercy Health Partners, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio — a system she joined less than…