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AHA Names Small/Rural and Metropolitan Hospitals Chairpeople
February 05, 2008
by Barbara Kram, Editor
Kathleen Hoeft, administrator and CEO of Ashley Medical Center in Ashley, N.D., will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2008. The 22-person governing council represents small or rural hospitals in the AHA's policy process and member services initiatives.
Hoeft has served as administrator and CEO of Ashley Medical Center, a critical access hospital, since 1998. The medical center provides a wide array of services for the community including a skilled nursing facility, hospice program, home health agency and housing for patients and community members. While at Ashley Medical Center, Hoeft has been active in advocating for the community's health needs at the state and federal government levels. She also worked with the North Dakota State College of Science to establish a licensed practical nurse program.
Hoeft has served on the AHA's Small and Rural Hospitals Governing Council since 2003, during which time she was a member of AHA's Small/Rural IT Educational Advisory Group. She is currently a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the North Dakota Long Term Care Association, the North Dakota Healthcare Association and the American Health Care Association and serves on the Northland Healthcare Alliance board. Hoeft earned a bachelor's of science degree from Augustana College, in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Edward Hannon, CEO of The McDowell Hospital in Marion, N.C., is the 2008 chair-elect. Brian Shockney, president and CEO of Memorial Hospital in Logansport, Ind., is immediate past chair.
The Section's governing council advises the AHA on federal policy issues. Elected members serve three-year terms. New members include: Lynn Beasley, president and CEO, Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Newberry, S.C.; Staci Covey, administrator and CEO, Troy Community Hospital, Troy, Pa.; Harry G. Dorman, III, president and CEO, Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, N.H.; Russell W. Johnson, CEO, San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Alamosa, Colo.; Susan Lassiter, president, Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie, N.C.; Robert Moser, M.D., AAFP representative, Tribune, Kan.; Bernard A. Orman, Jr., administrator and CEO, Samaritan Hospital, Macon, Mo.; and John Remillard, president, Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta, N.Y. Also, Thomas Bell, president, Kansas Hospital Association, Topeka, was appointed to a one-year term and Susan Starling, president, Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital, Irvine, Ky. was appointed as the representative from the National Rural Health Association.
The new governing council members join the following current members: Arthur Blank, CEO, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor, Maine; Trudy Chittick, CEO, Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, Thermopolis, Wyo.; Ann Fagan Cook, administrator and CEO, Parkview Hospital, Wheeler, Texas; Rev. John Coursey, vice chair, Fort Washington Medical Center, Fort Washington, Md.; Mark Doak, CEO, Davis Health System, Elkins W. Va.; Robert Houser, CEO, Blue Mountain Hospital District, John Day, Ore.; Gerard Klein, president and CEO, Bucyrus Community Hospital, Bucyrus, Ohio; Robin Lake, CEO, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Elk City, Okla.; Jim Mayo, administrator, Baptist Medical Center Nassau, Fernandina Beach, Fla.; and James G. Parrish, CEO, Humboldt General Hospital, Winnemucca, Nev. Raymond Hino, CEO, Mendocino Coast District Hospital, Fort Bragg, Calif., serves as the AHA board liaison to the section's governing council.
The AHA's Section for Small or Rural Hospitals provides representation, advocacy and educational opportunities to help the nation's small or rural hospitals better serve the health needs of patients and communities. The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations that are committed to health improvement in their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include almost 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks and other providers of care. Founded in 1898, AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.
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John Hanshaw to Chair Association's Metropolitan Hospitals Governing Council
John Hanshaw, president of HCA Mountain Division in Salt Lake City, Utah, will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 25-member governing council for 2008. The Section is a forum for suburban and urban hospitals to discuss common interests and concerns and to participate in the AHA policy process.
As head of HCA's Mountain Division, Hanshaw is responsible for overseeing HCA's health care facilities in Utah and Idaho and Alaska. These include nine acute care hospitals, outpatient surgery and imaging centers, physician practices and clinics. Prior to leading the HCA Mountain Division, Hanshaw was CEO of St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City and CEO of Metropolitan Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Hanshaw received a master's of health care administration at Trinity University in San Antonio and a bachelor's of business administration at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Hanshaw also serves as immediate past-chair of the Utah Hospital Association Board of Trustees.
Brian Gragnolati, president and CEO of Suburban Hospital Healthcare System in Bethesda, Md., is this year's chair-elect. Joyce Murphy, vice-chancellor and COO of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth Medicine, in Worcester, Mass., is immediate past chair.
The Metropolitan governing council advises the AHA on federal policy issues. Elected members serve three-year terms. Newly elected members include: Thomas Breitenbach, president and CEO, Premier Health Partners, Dayton, Ohio; Frank Lopez, CEO and managing director, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, Amarillo, Tex.; Thomas D. O'Connor, president, Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, Minn.; and Laurence Tanner, president and CEO, New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, Conn. Members appointed for terms were: David G. Covert, president and CEO, Catholic Healthcare West, Chandler, Ariz. and Nancy Steiger, CEO, St. Joseph Hospital, Bellingham, Wash.
The new governing council members join the following current members: Richard Afable, M.D., president and CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, Calif.; Rita Battles, president, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Susan Brody, president and CEO, Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Robert A. Colvin, president and CEO, Memorial Health, Savannah, Ga.; Pamela Meyer Davis, president and CEO, Edward Health Services, Naperville, Ill.; Michael Eesley, president and CEO, Centegra Health System, Crystal Lake, Ill.; Mark Gavens, senior vice president, clinical care services/COO, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, Calif.; Gary S. Horan, president and CEO, Trinitas Health & Hospital, Elizabeth, N.J.; Christopher Mosley, president and CEO, Chesapeake Health, Chesapeake, Va.; Lynne Parker, administrator, Baptist Medical Center South, Montgomery, Ala.; Julie Quirin, president and CEO, Saint Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, Kan.; Telford Thomas, president and CEO, The Washington Hospital, Washington, Pa.; Alex Valdez, president and CEO, St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, N.M.; and David Whitaker, president and CEO, Norman Regional Hospital, Norman, Okla. Gregory W. Lintjer, president, Elkhart General Healthcare System, Elkhart, Ind. serves as the AHA board liaison to the section's governing council.
The AHA's Section for Metropolitan Hospitals provides representation; advocacy and educational opportunities to help the nation's suburban and urban hospitals better serve the health needs of patients and communities. The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which includes 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 37,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA Web site at www.aha.org.
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About AHA
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to health improvement in their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include almost 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the Web site at www.aha.org.
About the AHA's Section for Small or Rural Hospitals
Hoeft has served as administrator and CEO of Ashley Medical Center, a critical access hospital, since 1998. The medical center provides a wide array of services for the community including a skilled nursing facility, hospice program, home health agency and housing for patients and community members. While at Ashley Medical Center, Hoeft has been active in advocating for the community's health needs at the state and federal government levels. She also worked with the North Dakota State College of Science to establish a licensed practical nurse program.
Hoeft has served on the AHA's Small and Rural Hospitals Governing Council since 2003, during which time she was a member of AHA's Small/Rural IT Educational Advisory Group. She is currently a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the North Dakota Long Term Care Association, the North Dakota Healthcare Association and the American Health Care Association and serves on the Northland Healthcare Alliance board. Hoeft earned a bachelor's of science degree from Augustana College, in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Edward Hannon, CEO of The McDowell Hospital in Marion, N.C., is the 2008 chair-elect. Brian Shockney, president and CEO of Memorial Hospital in Logansport, Ind., is immediate past chair.
The Section's governing council advises the AHA on federal policy issues. Elected members serve three-year terms. New members include: Lynn Beasley, president and CEO, Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Newberry, S.C.; Staci Covey, administrator and CEO, Troy Community Hospital, Troy, Pa.; Harry G. Dorman, III, president and CEO, Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, N.H.; Russell W. Johnson, CEO, San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Alamosa, Colo.; Susan Lassiter, president, Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie, N.C.; Robert Moser, M.D., AAFP representative, Tribune, Kan.; Bernard A. Orman, Jr., administrator and CEO, Samaritan Hospital, Macon, Mo.; and John Remillard, president, Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta, N.Y. Also, Thomas Bell, president, Kansas Hospital Association, Topeka, was appointed to a one-year term and Susan Starling, president, Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital, Irvine, Ky. was appointed as the representative from the National Rural Health Association.
The new governing council members join the following current members: Arthur Blank, CEO, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor, Maine; Trudy Chittick, CEO, Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, Thermopolis, Wyo.; Ann Fagan Cook, administrator and CEO, Parkview Hospital, Wheeler, Texas; Rev. John Coursey, vice chair, Fort Washington Medical Center, Fort Washington, Md.; Mark Doak, CEO, Davis Health System, Elkins W. Va.; Robert Houser, CEO, Blue Mountain Hospital District, John Day, Ore.; Gerard Klein, president and CEO, Bucyrus Community Hospital, Bucyrus, Ohio; Robin Lake, CEO, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Elk City, Okla.; Jim Mayo, administrator, Baptist Medical Center Nassau, Fernandina Beach, Fla.; and James G. Parrish, CEO, Humboldt General Hospital, Winnemucca, Nev. Raymond Hino, CEO, Mendocino Coast District Hospital, Fort Bragg, Calif., serves as the AHA board liaison to the section's governing council.
The AHA's Section for Small or Rural Hospitals provides representation, advocacy and educational opportunities to help the nation's small or rural hospitals better serve the health needs of patients and communities. The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations that are committed to health improvement in their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include almost 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks and other providers of care. Founded in 1898, AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.
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John Hanshaw to Chair Association's Metropolitan Hospitals Governing Council
John Hanshaw, president of HCA Mountain Division in Salt Lake City, Utah, will lead the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 25-member governing council for 2008. The Section is a forum for suburban and urban hospitals to discuss common interests and concerns and to participate in the AHA policy process.
As head of HCA's Mountain Division, Hanshaw is responsible for overseeing HCA's health care facilities in Utah and Idaho and Alaska. These include nine acute care hospitals, outpatient surgery and imaging centers, physician practices and clinics. Prior to leading the HCA Mountain Division, Hanshaw was CEO of St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City and CEO of Metropolitan Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Hanshaw received a master's of health care administration at Trinity University in San Antonio and a bachelor's of business administration at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Hanshaw also serves as immediate past-chair of the Utah Hospital Association Board of Trustees.
Brian Gragnolati, president and CEO of Suburban Hospital Healthcare System in Bethesda, Md., is this year's chair-elect. Joyce Murphy, vice-chancellor and COO of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth Medicine, in Worcester, Mass., is immediate past chair.
The Metropolitan governing council advises the AHA on federal policy issues. Elected members serve three-year terms. Newly elected members include: Thomas Breitenbach, president and CEO, Premier Health Partners, Dayton, Ohio; Frank Lopez, CEO and managing director, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, Amarillo, Tex.; Thomas D. O'Connor, president, Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, Minn.; and Laurence Tanner, president and CEO, New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, Conn. Members appointed for terms were: David G. Covert, president and CEO, Catholic Healthcare West, Chandler, Ariz. and Nancy Steiger, CEO, St. Joseph Hospital, Bellingham, Wash.
The new governing council members join the following current members: Richard Afable, M.D., president and CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, Calif.; Rita Battles, president, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Susan Brody, president and CEO, Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Robert A. Colvin, president and CEO, Memorial Health, Savannah, Ga.; Pamela Meyer Davis, president and CEO, Edward Health Services, Naperville, Ill.; Michael Eesley, president and CEO, Centegra Health System, Crystal Lake, Ill.; Mark Gavens, senior vice president, clinical care services/COO, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, Calif.; Gary S. Horan, president and CEO, Trinitas Health & Hospital, Elizabeth, N.J.; Christopher Mosley, president and CEO, Chesapeake Health, Chesapeake, Va.; Lynne Parker, administrator, Baptist Medical Center South, Montgomery, Ala.; Julie Quirin, president and CEO, Saint Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, Kan.; Telford Thomas, president and CEO, The Washington Hospital, Washington, Pa.; Alex Valdez, president and CEO, St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, N.M.; and David Whitaker, president and CEO, Norman Regional Hospital, Norman, Okla. Gregory W. Lintjer, president, Elkhart General Healthcare System, Elkhart, Ind. serves as the AHA board liaison to the section's governing council.
The AHA's Section for Metropolitan Hospitals provides representation; advocacy and educational opportunities to help the nation's suburban and urban hospitals better serve the health needs of patients and communities. The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which includes 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 37,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA Web site at www.aha.org.
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About AHA
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to health improvement in their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include almost 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the Web site at www.aha.org.
About the AHA's Section for Small or Rural Hospitals