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People
ACHE Members Elected to AHA
Board
Six ACHE members have been elected
to serve on the American Hospital
Association Board of Trustees for
terms beginning Jan. 1, 2014:

•	 	 ris Doody, RN, FACHE, CEO,
K
Cary Medical Center, Caribou,
Maine
•	 	 rian A. Gragnolati, FACHE,
B
senior vice president, The Johns
Hopkins Health System,
Baltimore
•	 	 onstance A. Howes, FACHE,
C
Esq., president/CEO, Women &
Infants Hospital of Rhode Island,
Providence
•	 	 teven A. Rose, RN, CEO, Nanticoke
S
Memorial Hospital and Nanticoke
Physician Network, Seaford, Del.
•	 	 arry W. Veitz, CEO, Spearfish
L
(S.D.) Regional Hospital
•	 	 ugene A. Woods, FACHE,
E
executive vice president/COO,
CHRISTUS Health, Irving, Texas

Member-Led Organizations
Named to AARP Best
Employers List
The following member-led organizations were named to A ARP’s
2013 list of Best Employers for
Workers Over 50:

•	 	 ercy	Health	System,	Janesville,	
M
Wis., led by President/CEO Javon
R. Bea, FACHE
•	 	 on	Secours	Richmond	(Va.)	
B
Health System, led by CEO Peter
J. Bernard, FACHE

•	 	 vera	McKennan	Hospital	&	
A
University Health Center, Sioux
Falls, S.D., led by Regional
President/CEO David L.
Kapaska, DO
•	 	 riHealth	Inc.,	Cincinnati,	led	by	
T
President/CEO John S. Prout
•	 	 chsner	Health	System,	New	
O
Orleans, led by President/CEO
Warner L. Thomas, FACHE
•	 	 cripps	Health,	San	Diego,	led	by	
S
President/CEO Christopher D.
Van Gorder, FACHE

•	 	 ale-New	Haven	Hospital,	New	
Y
Haven, Conn., led by President/CEO
Marna P. Borgstrom, FACHE

•	 	 ountain	States	Health	Alliance,	
M
Johnson City, Tenn., led by
President/CEO Dennis L.
Vonderfecht, FACHE
•	 	 on	General	Hospital,	Morgantown,	
M
W.Va., led by President/CEO Darryl
•	 	 aint	Vincent	Health	System,	
S
L. Duncan, FACHE
Erie, Pa., led by President/CEO
Scott A. Whalen, PhD, FACHE
•	 	 entral	Florida	Health	Alliance,	
C
Leesburg, Fla., led by President/CEO
•	 	 innacle	Health,	Harrisburg,	Pa.,	
P
Donald G. Henderson, FACHE
led by President/CEO Michael A.
Young, FACHE
•	 	 ellStar	Health	System,	Marietta,	
W
Ga., led by President/CEO
Reynold J. Jennings, FACHE

International News
IHF World Hospital Congress
Wrap-Up
Healthcare and hospital leaders
from around the world flocked to
Oslo, Norway, in June to attend the
38th World Hospital Congress of
the International Hospital
Federation, whose theme was
“Future Healthcare—The
Opportunities of New Technology.”
Margaret Chan, MD,

director-general of the World
Health Organization, and Jonas
Gahr Støre, Norwegian minister of
Health and Care Services, were
among the many notable healthcare
leaders who addressed how modern
innovations and new technologies
will affect the healthcare field.
“Healthcare systems in every nation
face the same three challenges:

access, quality and cost. Far too
many individuals around the world
do not have access to the healthcare
services they need to lead a productive, happy life. When healthcare
services are available, patient safety
and quality of care is sometimes not
as good as it could be. Finally, in
many countries, like the United
States, healthcare costs are far too
high. The answers to these
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