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Clay Jordan, RN

CEO

Tri Valley Health System

Cambridge, NE

Mr. Jordan serves as CEO of Tri Valley Health System, where he has led efforts to expand access to advanced diagnostic technology despite financial challenges facing rural healthcare. Under his direction, the critical access hospital acquired a new portable X-ray machine for its emergency room, surgery and inpatient departments, and implemented Genius 3D Mammography, which identifies 20% to 65% more invasive cancers than traditional 2D mammography alone. He established the Patient and Family Advisory Council to incorporate patient and family feedback into quality improvement and safety strategies, and he led the creation of a physician recruitment team to help the system compete for family medicine physicians. Under his leadership, Tri Valley earned the American Heart Association’s “Get With the Guidelines Stroke Rural Recognition Bronze Award.” Mr. Jordan began his healthcare career as a paramedic at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege, Neb. and later as a flight paramedic with LifeSave Critical Care Transport before becoming a certified rural hospital CNO through the National Rural Health Association. He joined Tri Valley Health System in 2019 as CNO, a role he held for nearly five years before being named interim and then permanent CEO. He also serves as a board member for the ruralMED Health Cooperative.

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