Jim Chromik has been appointed permanent CEO and president of Memorial Hospital, Inc. in Canton, KS, effective Oct. 1. Chromik has been acting as an interim CEO for Memorial since Jan. 28.
Mildred Beam joins Orlando Health as vice president, general counsel effective September 29. Beam will be responsible for the management of all legal affairs at Orlando Health including federal and state regulatory compliance, corporate business matters, transactional law, patient care, employment, real estate, liability and insurance, construction, and medical affairs.
Chicago's Resurrection Health Care has named Sandra Bruce CEO of the eight-hospital system, effective Nov. 3. She replaces Joseph Toomey, who is retiring after 16 years at the Catholic healthcare system. Bruce currently serves as president and CEO of St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho.
St. Charles Parish Hospital administrator Federico Martinez said during a recent meeting that the 59-bed hospital needs to find a partner because it simply isn't big enough to thrive in today's healthcare marketplace. The publicly owned St. Charles Parish Hospital is exploring a partnership with the Ochsner Health System, which will start out as an informal working relationship and could evolve into Ochsner's lease of the hospital. Under the current agreement, Ochsner physicians will be able to practice at the hospital.