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.

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