The CEO of the merged Excela Health and Butler Health systems is committed to keeping the organization's five hospitals operating, despite currently enduring millions of dollars in losses. DeFurio spoke with the Trib about the newly named Independence Health System, his vision for its future and his love of community health care.
Darrin Cook has been named chief operating officer at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester and the Massachusetts market for Tenet Healthcare. He had served in this role on an interim basis during the past four months. His responsibilities include managing daily operations and overseeing the development and implementation of long-range plans, goals and objectives for Saint Vincent Hospital, and to create synergies to better serve the community with its sister hospital, MetroWest Medical Center.
It's fair to say that Alicia Hardy knows OLE Health like no one else. She first joined the Napa County-based nonprofit healthcare provider in 2009, as a licensed clinical social worker. Hardy then took on various leadership positions, overseeing large-scale initiatives of care delivery systems. She was named chief executive officer in January 2018.
John Fernandez, the new CEO of Lifespan, talks about the hospital's finances, improving patient access to healthcare, and the possibility of seeking another merger.