Since joining the Steward team I have had the opportunity to experience different roles and live in multiple different communities that Steward serves.Įvery day reaffirms this career was the right choice. The business side of healthcare was fascinating to me and I felt like being a leader of a healthcare organization would be a great way to combine my skillsets.Īfter my first day with Steward, I was locked in on this path. I started in sales and knew relatively quickly that was not my passion.Īt the time I was also a volunteer ski patroller at a ski resort in Connecticut and loved working with patients and helping people in their time of need.
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Q: When did you realize this was the right career path for you?Ī: Early in my professional career. It drives me to wake up every morning, give it my best, so our patients receive the best. It is rewarding to know you are involved in helping to improve the lives of your neighbors and your family.Įventually we all require healthcare, and I am in a position to help make sure the system meets the needs of the patient when they need it. In healthcare, when you achieve a successful product (i.e., good quality, patient-focused, provider driven), there is a direct positive impact to the community. I love solving problems and working to operationalize process improvement to better an organization. When Steward expanded outside of Massachusetts in 2017, Tom took on progressive leadership roles within the Central Region operations team and then at Sharon Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania.Ī: Healthcare is complex and challenging but also incredibly rewarding. He joined Steward Health Care in 2014 as the Director of Operations and Materials Management at St. Thomas Bowden has been named the new president of Rockledge Regional Medical Center.īowden had been serving as the chief administrative officer and, before that, as the hospital’s chief operating officer.īowden brings a breadth of knowledge and experience to his position at Rockledge. SOUTHINGTON - Township officials have approved placing a 7-mill continuous fire levy on the November ballot that.
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The hospital system terminated Woods in September 2019, and Hugar left the hospital in November 2019. 7, 2019, on matters of patient care, the lawsuit states. None of these offered responses.Īfter time, the lawsuit states, the hospital administration and corporate officials became hostile and antagonistic against Woods because of his allegations.įor example, former Sharon Regional President Joe Hugar refused to speak to Woods after Feb. In four of the procedures, Woods noted technical problems in that surgeon’s procedures.ĭespite the persistent complaints about the surgeon, the lawsuit states the defendants did not listen or respond to many of these reports.Ī request for comment was submitted to an email form for the Sharon Regional and other requests were submitted to media relations with the Steward corporate office and John Pierro, north region chief operating officer for Steward Health Care. The lawsuit noted that Woods assisted that surgeon with six open-heart surgeries during his time at Sharon Regional, two of which ended in deaths. Woods also reported serious medical mistakes made by that surgeon to their superiors. Casey of Philadelphia.Īccording to the lawsuit, Woods, who also practiced his craft at the Warren hospital, was asked to lie about another surgeon’s whereabouts when she was practicing in other states. Whistleblowers are the eyes and ears of the public, and, too often, they are retaliated against for reporting suspected wrongdoing and telling the truth,” said Woods’ attorney, Ross F. Woods was singled out because he spoke out, and it cost him his career.
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