Our Club met on Thursday for the 678th time, the 33rd meeting of this year. We were very privileged to have as our guest speaker, Terri Kane, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of Dixie Regional Medical Center and Terri Draper, Director of Communications.
Ms. Kane has been the CEO of Dixie Regional Medical Center Since 2006. Prior to that time she was an Operations Officer of Dixie Regional. Her career spans 30 years of working with Intermountain Healthcare where she began at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden. In 2003 she received one of Intermountain's most prestigious recognitions, Manager of Distinction.
She has demonstrated a leadership energy that has allowed Dixie Regional to earn numerous awards including the Triple Achievement Award from the American Hospital Association for Excellence and Gold Plus Stroke Award, the HealthInsight of Utah and Nevada 2008 Quality Award (the only hospital to three-peat 2007-209) and the Cleverly 5 Star Hospital and Top 100 Hospital in 2009. Dixie Regional Medical Center ranks in the top 11% of US hospitals on CMS data.
Terri, a former member of our Club, and her right hand communications person Terri Draper, brought a most informative program on Healthcare reform. She discussed the up-sides and down-sides allowing us to understand the problem from new perspectives. The bottom line for all of us to consider is that we cannot continue on the current path of spending. Choices will have to be made and we as citizens of this great nation have an obligation to be informed and to express our feelings to our elected officials.
Next week our program will be a full Club planning meeting for the upcoming Ironman competition. Please come and be a part of the process.
See you then!
Marla
Ms. Kane has been the CEO of Dixie Regional Medical Center Since 2006. Prior to that time she was an Operations Officer of Dixie Regional. Her career spans 30 years of working with Intermountain Healthcare where she began at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden. In 2003 she received one of Intermountain's most prestigious recognitions, Manager of Distinction.
She has demonstrated a leadership energy that has allowed Dixie Regional to earn numerous awards including the Triple Achievement Award from the American Hospital Association for Excellence and Gold Plus Stroke Award, the HealthInsight of Utah and Nevada 2008 Quality Award (the only hospital to three-peat 2007-209) and the Cleverly 5 Star Hospital and Top 100 Hospital in 2009. Dixie Regional Medical Center ranks in the top 11% of US hospitals on CMS data.
Terri, a former member of our Club, and her right hand communications person Terri Draper, brought a most informative program on Healthcare reform. She discussed the up-sides and down-sides allowing us to understand the problem from new perspectives. The bottom line for all of us to consider is that we cannot continue on the current path of spending. Choices will have to be made and we as citizens of this great nation have an obligation to be informed and to express our feelings to our elected officials.
Next week our program will be a full Club planning meeting for the upcoming Ironman competition. Please come and be a part of the process.
See you then!
Marla
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