With 27 years in nursing and 23 in leadership, Mr. Carnahan leads the 25-bed Banner Churchill Community Hospital, which serves a Western Nevada population of 45,000 with over 300 employees and 40 active physicians and allied health professionals. Among his accomplishments are opening a second emergency medical services station, recruiting additional primary care physicians, and expanding patient services for quicker access to care for the growing population. He decreased employee turnover, vacancy rate and contract labor. As CEO for the last eight years, he has fostered an environment of financial stability. In addition to his facility work, his accomplishments have been recognized at the system, state and national levels. He led efforts to earn Banner’s “Best of the Best” award for quality, learning and finance, as well as a HealthInsight quality award. He helped achieve Healthgrades “A” rating and a 4-star rating for patient experience and quality. Banner Churchill ranked in the top three “Great Places to Work” out of 32 Banner hospitals over the past seven years, and most recently achieved the top ranking. Under his leadership, the hospital appears in the top 10th percentile nationally in employee opinion surveys in leadership effectiveness, job satisfaction, engagement, culture, retention, commitment and trust.
