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STEUBENVILLE Dwayne Richardson has been named as president of Trinity Health System’s Twin City Medical Center in Dennison, officials announced Thursday.
Richardson, a Philadelphia native, also will be responsible for the health system’s overall outpatient services in all outlying locations.
He will replace Teresa Gagliardi, who has served the ministry for nearly 50 years and most recently was vice president of hospital operations at the Dennison location.
“As our ministry continues to grow in our region, we felt the time was right to recruit an experienced leader to help facilitate that growth in Tuscarawas, Harrison and Belmont counties,” stated Matt Grimshaw, Trinty’s CEO.
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An expanding role for healthcare CIOs
The Chief Information Officer of LifeBridge Health talks about how CIOs are redefining digital access for consumers and why it’s important that CIOs have a say when their organization evaluates new partnerships or platforms.
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Chief Information Officers (CIO) play an invaluable role within the healthcare system and are the key decision makers when it comes to an organization’s end user. In recent years, we have seen the role of the CIO expand beyond automating and digitizing processes for providers and employees to focusing on the consumer. Small and large organizations alike are building solutions and redefining the patient experience. Healthcare CIOs are a crucial partner to move towards a more patient-centric care system.
Two Maryland hospital systems have offered COVID-19 vaccines to all of their board members, officials confirmed, a move that heightens concerns about the well-connected receiving inequitable access amid a global shortage.
By: Johanna Alonso Daily Record business reporter February 10, 2021
Anne Arundel Medical Center is one of two Maryland regional hospital groups that has offered COVID-19 vaccines to its board members. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
Amid a distribution crisis that has left Marylanders struggling to access the COVID-19 vaccine, two regional Maryland hospital systems have offered vaccinations to their board members a move that abides by the state’s prioritization standards, according to health and government officials.
A spokesman for Anne Arundel Medical Center said it offered vaccinations to its 21 board members and the 11 board members of Luminis Health, its parent company, after it finished vaccinating its employees, a spokesperson for the health care system confirmed in an email.