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Los Alamos Medical Center Named Lifepoint Health National Quality Leader
July 24, 2023Los Alamos hospital recognized for achievements in patient and family engagement, quality care and patient safety
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Michigan hospital assists in Peregrine Falcon conservation
July 21, 2023U.P. Health System Marquette is working alongside the Michigan DNR to help an endangered species.
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UP Health System – Marquette Brings Advanced Technology for Kidney Dysfunction Patients to the Upper Peninsula
July 14, 2023Cutting-edge renal therapy system becomes part of the hospital’s comprehensive services in managing complex, critically ill patients with kidney dysfunction
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UP Health System – Marquette Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients
July 13, 2023American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award recognizes sustained, high-level performance in quality of care
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Central Carolina Recognized for Efforts to Improve Rural Stroke Care
July 10, 2023Central Carolina Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Rural Recognition Bronze award for its efforts to optimize stroke care and eliminate rural healthcare outcome disparities.
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Central Carolina Recognized for Excellence in Stroke and Diabetes Care
July 06, 2023Central Carolina Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke “GoldPlus” quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
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Castleview Hospital Now Designated as a Level 4 Trauma Center
July 06, 2023Castleview Hospital announced today that the hospital has been granted designation as a Level IV Trauma Center by the Utah Department of Health (UDH), Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness. Castleview joins 20 other hospitals across the state with this specific designation.
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Sanford Woman Receives Lifesaving Care After Attack From Flesh-Eating Bacteria
July 05, 2023When Tammy Russ cut her thumb removing an ingrown hangnail, little did she know that she would nearly lose her life 24 hours later from a rare flesh-eating bacteria. But thanks to an astute diagnosis, emergency surgery and lifesaving intensive care at Central Carolina Hospital, she is alive and well today.
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Lifepoint’s Central Kentucky market expands occupational health to Paris and Versailles
June 23, 2023Bluegrass Business Health (BBH) today announced the opening of two new clinics at Bourbon Community Hospital and Bluegrass Community Hospital. BBH, an occupational medicine clinic, focuses on serving employers in the community by offering physicals, drug testing, return-to-work exams and worker’s compensation exams. The Bourbon Community ribbon cutting will be held July 6th at 12pm; the ribbon cutting in Versailles will be July 11th at 12pm.
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Trousdale Medical Center Named Top Critical Access Hospital
June 16, 2023Trousdale Medical Center in Hartsville, TN was recently named one of the top 20 critical access hospitals (CAHs) for Overall Best Practice in Quality in the country.
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Sudandra Ratnasamy named CEO of Twin County Regional Healthcare
June 13, 2023Galax, Va. (June 9, 2023) – Twin County Regional Healthcare, a Duke LifePoint Hospital, announced that Sudandra Ratnasamy has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective July 17. Ratnasamy comes to Twin County from ScionHealth (Kindred) where she has served the past three years as market CEO in the Tampa/St Petersburg market. “We are excited to…
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David Elgarico Named Market President for Trios Health & Lourdes Health
May 16, 2023Kennewick, WA (May 16, 2023) – Lifepoint Health has announced that David Elgarico is the new chief executive officer (CEO) at Trios Health in Kennewick, WA. He also assumes the role of market president for Lifepoint’s Trios & Lourdes Health market, in which he has operational oversight of Lourdes Health in Pasco, WA. Elgarico replaces Jeff Bourgeois, who…
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Christopher Munton Named CEO of Wilson Medical Center
April 28, 2023Wilson Medical Center announced today that Christopher Munton has been named permanent chief executive officer (CEO) of its hospital. His first day in the new role will be Monday, May 1.
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David Bunch, FACHE, Named CEO of Raleigh General Hospital
March 08, 2023Raleigh General Hospital is pleased to announce that David Bunch, FACHE has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective April 3.
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Rodney Reider Named Market President of Conemaugh Health and CEO of Memorial Medical Campus
February 09, 2023Rodney Reider has been named the new chief executive officer (CEO) at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center and will also assume the role of Market President for Conemaugh Health, effective February 20.
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Conemaugh Miners Medical Center and Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center Achieve Lifepoint Health National Quality Leader Designation
February 03, 2023Miners and Meyersdale hospitals recognized for achievements in patient and family engagement, quality care, and patient safety
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Tory Shepherd Named CEO of Rutherford Regional Health System
November 23, 2022Rutherford Regional Health System (RRHS), a Duke LifePoint hospital, has named Tory Shepherd its chief executive officer (CEO). Shepherd has served as interim CEO at RRHS since September. She will begin her tenure as CEO immediately.
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Central Carolina Hospital Celebrates $10.6 Million Emergency Department Renovation & Expansion with Groundbreaking Ceremony
November 18, 2022Central Carolina Hospital, a Duke LifePoint Hospital, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony today to mark the renovation and expansion of its emergency department in Sanford, NC. A group of leaders from the hospital, Duke Health and Lifepoint Health gathered with community leaders to celebrate and share more specifics about the project, which is made possible by a $10.6 million investment from Duke LifePoint Healthcare.
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Frye Regional Medical Center Names Dr. Philip Greene as its New Chief Executive Officer
November 15, 2022Frye Regional Medical Center, a Duke LifePoint Hospital, announced today that Philip Greene, MD, who currently serves as its chief medical officer, has been promoted to new chief executive officer (CEO), effective November 28. He will replace Chris Brown, who has been serving as interim CEO, in addition to COO, at Frye Regional since June and is the first physician CEO in the history of Duke LifePoint Healthcare.
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Chris Brown Named CEO of Haywood Regional Medical Center
November 15, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center, a Duke LifePoint Hospital, announced today that Chris Brown has been named chief executive officer (CEO), effective November 28, 2022. With more than a decade of healthcare industry experience, Brown joins Haywood Regional from Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory NC, where he previously served as chief operating officer (COO) and interim CEO.
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