Chuck Mantooth is retiring as president and CEO of UNC Health Appalachian hospital, effective Jan. 1, according to system officials. He joined the Boone hospital in 1992 and has been CEO since 2017.
Roughly six months before its goal of applying for federal certification of the Montana State Hospital, the state health department is again juggling turnover in key leadership positions at the state’s only public adult psychiatric facility.
Early this year, The Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, BDHEA, hosted a national summit on advancing healthcare for Black Americans. Conversations centered around community health navigation, the future of work, and finding power in partners, among other pressing topics. With Black people facing increased barriers to accessing and utilizing health care, achieving health equity must be a top priority for every organization.
Records from the New York State Nurses Association and the state health department show at least 42 hospitals have closed across the Empire State since 2000.