Mr. Brown serves as hospital administrator of UAB St. Vincent’s Blount, where he oversees the evaluation, design and implementation of administrative strategies and systems, develops long-range strategic plans and short-range operating plans, and has oversight of the planning, coordination and delivery of patient care. He coordinates financial management for the hospital, including development of annual operating and capital budgets, variance analysis and monthly financial reporting, while monitoring the safety and quality of care across the facility. Under his leadership, the hospital has added a wide range of service lines, including inpatient and outpatient wound care, hospitalist medicine, a retail pharmacy, cardiopulmonary rehab, a two-bed sleep lab, an outpatient geri-psych program, an infusion clinic, hospice and respite care, a pain management program and two rural health clinics. Mr. Brown has also expanded telehealth services at the hospital to include telepsychiatry, telestroke, telecardiology, telenephrology, tele-hospitalist, tele-ICU and tele-trauma programs. The hospital recently added a large-bore MRI to its radiology department, as well as a 128-slice CT scanner. Beyond the hospital, Mr. Brown has served as president of the Oneonta Business Association for the past seven years and as Grand Knight of the local Knights of Columbus council for the past eight years.
