Here are five takeaways:
1. Ms. Read will take on the COO role at Petaluma Health Center, a federally qualified health center.
2. She worked at Petaluma Valley Hospital since 2009.
3. She previously served as assistant administrator and chief nursing officer at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, Ill.
4. Tyler Hedden, COO of Santa Rosa, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health, will serve as interim acting administrator for the hospital.
5. St. Joseph Health is Petaluma Valley Hospital’s former operator. Its lease for the hospital expired and El Segundo, Calif.-based Paladin Healthcare was identified as the hospital’s new operator. However, the entities have yet to reach a deal.
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