Trinity Health news and information

Robert Ritz was named president of Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines (Iowa). Ritz, 51, is president and CEO of St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., which is operated by Springfield-based Hospital Sisters Health System.
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More than six months after Trinity Health and Catholic Health East officials announced plans to merge, the organizations have closed the deal and officially formed a health system that includes more than 70 hospitals in 21 states.
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Trinity Health will look to the cloud to enhance its data processing and data analytics capabilities as well as its ability to more rapidly adapt its information technology systems to the fast-moving future.
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Joseph Swedish resigned from his position as chairman of the Catholic Health Association's board of trustees, a role he has held since June 2012.
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Judith Persichilli was named interim president and CEO of the new Roman Catholic system that would form through a pending merger of Catholic Health East and Trinity Health.
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Many hospitals that expect to see less from Medicare starting next month will spend less themselves under efforts to slash costs. Executives say they'll have no choice as pressure to curb healthcare spending grows.
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Joseph Swedish, outgoing president and CEO of Trinity Health, talks with Modern Healthcare Editor Merrill Goozner about being selected as the next CEO of the insurer WellPoint.
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Trinity Health President and CEO Joseph Swedish was named to succeed Angela Braly at the helm of WellPoint, one of the nation's largest health insurers, effective March 25.
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As one of Michigan's largest healthcare systems, with 12 hospitals in the state and 47 nationally, Livonia-based Trinity Health has developed a regional strategy to integrate physicians, hospitals and other healthcare companies in an effort to reduce costs, increase quality and improve patient...
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Prime Healthcare Services said it signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire St. Michael's Medical Center, a 271-bed hospital in Newark, N.J., that is part of Catholic Health East.
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