A Cleveland Clinic executive has been hired as CEO of the Inova Health System in Virginia.
Dr. J. Stephen Jones, the current president of Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals and Health Centers, will become Inova's CEO and a member of its board of trustees, effective April 9.
He will oversee 17,500 employees, five hospitals and an integrated network of health care facilities that serve more than 2 million people annually, according to a news release.
At the Clinic, Jones oversees the system's 11 regional hospitals, 23 ambulatory centers and more than 24,000 caregivers and medical staff.
He became president of the Clinic's regional hospitals in late 2014 and led a strategic transformation to improve quality and safety metrics, expand the health care system, increase telemedicine, establish 24 Express Care Locations and rebrand all hospitals under the Cleveland Clinic brand, according to the release.