Jonelle Thomas, MSN, RN, has been named chief nursing officer at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center in Texas. Ms. Thomas has served in a variety of nurse leadership roles, most recently as CNO at St. David’s Georgetown Hospital in…
Executive Moves
Eric Neal has been named CEO of Morton, Wash.-based Arbor Health, effective Aug. 25. Mr. Neal brings more than 35 years of healthcare leadership experience, according to an Aug. 4 Arbor Health news release shared with Becker’s. He most recently…
San Antonio-based University Health has promoted Kevin Barron to vice president of payer relations, expanding his leadership role in the health system’s managed care strategy. “In this role, I remain focused on managed care contracting and payer relations, now with…
Jim McGonnell, CFO of Los Alamos (N.M.) Medical Center, has retired, according to an Aug. 2 LinkedIn post from the 47-bed acute care facility. Mr. McGonnell had been with Los Alamos Medical Center since November 2017. He worked at nine…
Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health has named Tony Blair, MD, chief medical officer. Dr. Blair will step into his new role in mid-August, according to an Aug. 4 system news release. As CMO, he will oversee medical staff, advance organizational goals,…
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Magnolia (Ark.) Regional Medical Center named Stephanie Schmittou, MSN, RN, chief operating officer, according to an Aug. 5 news release. Ms. Schmittou was named chief nursing officer in 2017 and is now expanding her role to include COO responsibilities. These…
Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health named Ted Clark, MD, as senior vice president and chief clinical officer on Aug. 4. Dr. Clark previously served Decatur (Ill.) Memorial Hospital as chief medical officer since 2020, and he led the hospital’s emergency department…
Intermountain Health, a 33-hospital health system based in Salt Lake City, has appointed a new president for Intermountain Children’s Health and expanded the role of a hospital president. Mandy Richards, DNP, RN, was appointed president of Children’s Health, bringing years…
Scott Herndon has been named executive vice president and CFO of Beth Israel Lahey Health in Cambridge, Mass. In his new role, Mr. Herndon will lead system finance functions and strategic initiative implementations to promote its growth, financial goals, mission…
The following hospital and health system CIO departures, including retirements and leadership transitions, have been recently reported by Becker’s: This article was updated Dec. 22 and will continue to be updated with the latest news.