Client News: Unibased Customers Receive Exclusive Ranking as IMS Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks 2012

Unibased proudly announces that several customers have again received the ranking as IMS Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks:

• Inova Health System (Falls Church, VA)
• Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics (Tyler, TX)
• WellSpan Health (York, PA)
• Norton Healthcare (Louisville, KY)

As a technology solution provider for these organizations, we extend our congratulations and are very pleased their dedication and commitment to excellence in patient care and technical innovation is recognized nationally.

IMS has been tracking the development of the local and regional, non-specialty integrated healthcare networks (IHNs) market since April 1994. They survey the universe of IHNs annually using a standard methodology for collecting the data, and rate the IHNs nationally on their performance level and degree of integration.  The rating system is a means for identifying the IMS Top 100 IHNs based on critical success factors, including each network’s ability to operate as a unified organization in eight categories: integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization, and physicians. For more information on the IMS Top 100 IHNs, click here.

Client News: TMF Announces New Senior VP And Chief Marketing Officer

Source: Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics Press Release

Officials with Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics announced the appointment of Darin Szilagyi, FACHE as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Szilagyi is responsible for Business Development and System Marketing.

Previously, he served as Assistant Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston and in similar capacities For AT&T Wireless, Primeco PCS and Halliburton.

Szilagyi received his Master of Business Administration with highest honors from Texas Christian University and his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Texas.

He is a fellow of The American College of Healthcare Executives and is a member of the American Hospital Association Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development, American Marketing Association-Houston Chapter, and American Marketing Association Healthcare SIG.

Client News: Trinity Mother Frances Announces Executive Appointments

The Trinity Mother Frances Health System Board of Directors announced the appointments of Steven P. Keuer, MD as President and Chief Medical Officer and Gifford V. Eckhout, Jr., MD, MBA as Executive Vice President / Chief of Anesthesia. Both physicians have served in their respective roles on an interim basis following Dr. David Teegarden's retirement in April. Dr. Keuer previously served as Executive Vice President. Dr. Eckhout has served for many years as a Trinity Clinic physician and in other physician advisory positions.

Dr. Keuer, an Internal Medicine physician at Trinity Clinic, is a native of Houston, Texas. Dr. Keuer received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and is certified as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. His responsibilities include President and Chief Medical Officer of Trinity Mother Frances Health System, Chair of the System Quality and Safety Committee, Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Clinical Pastoral Education, and Chair of the Chiefs of Service Committee at Trinity Mother Frances.

Gifford V. Eckhout, Jr., MD, MBA, is a native of Denver. He has and will continue to serve as the head of Trinity Clinic Anesthesia. He received his MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland and his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine. He is certified in Anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology and was named a Certified Physician Executive by the Certifying Commission in Medical Management. Dr. Eckhout is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, American College of Physician Executives and Texas Society of Anesthesiologists.

"With the appointments of Steve and Gifford, the Board wishes to affirm our commitment to the vital role that strong physician leadership plays in our organization and in our future. They bring a strong vote of confidence from the members of the Trinity Clinic and the System Board and round out our highly effective veteran leadership team," said Preston Smith, Chairman of the Trinity Mother Frances Health System Board.

Drs. Keuer and Eckhout complete the executive team of Trinity Mother Frances that also includes Lindsey Bradley, FACHE, President/CEO-TMFHS and Ray Thompson, FACHE, Executive Vice President/COO-TMFHS.

"The identity of great organizations is often measured by the success of the organization during a transition of executive leadership," said Roger N. Fowler, MD, Chairman of the Trinity Clinic Board of Directors. "I completely agree with their selection and am very proud to have Drs. Keuer and Eckhout as our leaders. I look forward to their expanded roles within our organization."

Mother Frances Hospital - Winnsboro Announces New CEO

Source: Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics
Press Release, July 8, 2010

Winnsboro, TX - Officials with Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics announced that Janet Coates is the new CEO at Mother Frances Hospital-Winnsboro. Coates replaces Gary Looper, who has served since March 1 as the Hospital's interim CEO.

"I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Janet Coates as President and CEO of Mother Frances Hospital-Winnsboro," said Ray Thompson, FACHE, Executive Vice President/COO-TMF, and Chief Executive Officer, Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler. "Janet has been serving as chief nursing officer of the hospital and I know she will do a great job. Patients in Wood County and the surrounding area will get to know Janet and quickly see that she is the right person to lead Mother Frances Hospital-Winnsboro into the future."

Coates has 30 years experience in nursing and has served in operational leadership roles in large and small hospitals, including facilities in Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Arizona and California. Most recently, she served in an executive vice president role with Scott and White Healthcare in Temple, Texas, and prior to that as Vice President of Clinical Services with Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix.

She received her bachelor's degree in nursing from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, and her master's degree in Hospital Administration/Human Resource Development from Webster University in Little Rock.

Coates is affiliated with the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Organization of Nurse Executives.

Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics includes Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler, Mother Frances Hospital-Jacksonville, Mother Frances Hospital-Winnsboro, Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital, affiliated with HealthSouth, Tyler ContinueCARE Hospital, a long-term acute care facility, and Trinity Clinic. Trinity Clinic is the area's preferred multispecialty medical group, with over 250 physicians and mid-level providers representing 37 specialties in 36 clinic locations serving east Texas. For more information on services available through Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics, visit tmfhc.org.

For more information contact: John Moore, Public Information Officer
Phone: (903) 531-4542, Email: john.moore@tmfhs.org

© Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics

Client News: Rob Rose, RN, BSN, MS, joins Trinity Mother Frances (Tyler, TX) as Senior Vice President Patient Services & Chief Nursing Officer

For more information, go to tmfhs.org.
© Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics