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Two longtime executives at Nashville-based HCA will retire March 31: W. Paul Rutledge, 57, president of HCA's Central Group, and Russell Harms, 54, the Central Group's CFO. HCA's Central Group includes more than 50 hospitals in the U.S. and the U.K. Rutledge joined HCA in 1982 as COO...
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Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., created a chief nursing executive position and promoted Pamela Rudisill to serve in the role. Rudisill has worked at the publicly traded hospital chain since 1996, most recently as VP of nursing and patient safety for the past four years. She will...
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Press Ganey named Eileen Kamerick to succeed Rob Draughon as CFO, effective immediately. Kamerick joined Press Ganey from Houlihan Lokey, an investment bank, where she was managing director and CFO. Before that, she was CFO at Tecta America Corp., Heidrick & Struggles, Leo Burnett and...
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Diane Pinakiewicz will resign as president of the National Patient Safety Foundation, effective Nov. 12, capping nine years as head of the Boston-based not-for-profit organization.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett named Michael Wolf the Pennsylvania Department of Health's acting secretary after the resignation of Dr. Eli Avila. Avila, 51, “planned to pursue other interests,” Corbett said in a news release. The physician and attorney also looked forward...
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Norman Majors, senior VP and chief administrative officer at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, plans to retire at the end of the year. Majors, 67, joined the hospital in 1978. He will continue to serve part time next year as senior adviser to the CEO. … Methodist...
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Andrew Carter was tapped to succeed Carolyn Scanlan as president and CEO of the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania when Scanlan retires at the end of the year. Carter, 54, has served as president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America since 2007, and he...
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Central Georgia Health System and the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, named Ninfa Saunders president and CEO, effective Oct. 1. Saunders, 60, replaces Don Faulk, who is retiring after 39 years with the medical center. Saunders was most recently president and COO of Virtua...
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Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas, promoted Daniel Cancelmi to CFO. Cancelmi, 49, replaces Biggs Porter, who stepped down March 30 to become CFO of engineering and construction firm Fluor Corp. Cancelmi has been Tenet's principal accounting officer since 2007 and senior VP since 2009. He...
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Susan Boland has been named president of the division of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare that includes the system's All Saints Hospital in Racine, Wis., succeeding Ken Buser, who is retiring. Boland is senior VP and COO at All Saints and will assume Buser's role as president of Wheaton...
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