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REGIONS HOSPITAL PRESIDENT AND CEO ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT; HEALTHPARTNERS LEADER MEGAN REMARK NAMED SUCCESSOR HealthPartners announced that Regions Hospital President and CEO Brock Nelson will retire at the end of 2014. Megan Remark, a HealthPartners specialty care leader who has been with the organiza - tion for almost 20 years, has been named his successor. "Brock has led Regions through an era of tremendous change, setting a clear, strategic vision that has produced tremendous growth and improved quality and experience for patients," says Mary Brainerd, President and CEO, HealthPartners. "Megan will continue that tradition." Nelson started at Regions in 2003 after almost 20 years as CEO of Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, begin - ning at Children's Hospital in St. Paul and 10 years as CEO of the combined organi- zation, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. During his tenure at Regions, the hospital has grown to become a desti - nation hospital for elective specialty care, including cardiology, neurology, ortho - pedics and oncology — and now has the highest market share of hospitals in the east metro. Regions has also bolstered core services, such as burn and trauma care, that are vital to its designation as a Level I Trauma Center. HCMC PROGRAM RECOGNIZED BY AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) was recognized by America's Essential Hospitals for its work to reduce health disparities for Latino youth through culturally sensitive, integrated care. America's Essential Hospitals, a na- tional organization representing hospitals committed to high-quality care for all people, including the vulnerable, awarded HCMC a 2014 Gage Award honorable mention for population health. "Healthcare disparities among minority and other underserved populations is a persistent problem that requires creative solutions, such as those at Hennepin County Medical Center," says America's Essential Hospitals President and CEO Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ONE OF ONLY 25 INSTITUTIONS NATION- WIDE TAKING PART IN STROKENET The University of Minnesota was selected to participate in a national stroke research network — a development that promises to bring new leading-edge clinical trials to University of Minnesota Health patients. The university is one of only 25 institutions nationwide that will collaborate and conduct + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + What's New in Minnesota Health Care Megan Remark Brock Nelson 2 0 | Minnesota MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M

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