PRESIDENTS/CEOS
Dale M. Thompson to retire Dec. 31 as president and chief executive of Benedictine Health System in Duluth, Minn.
Brett A. Esrock to president and chief executive of Providence Healthcare Network in Waco, Texas, from senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of Providence.
Daughters of Charity Health System, Los Altos Hills, Calif., has made these changes: Joanne Allen to president and chief executive of Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., and Seton Coastside in Moss Beach, Calif., from president and chief executive of Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, Calif.; and Carol Furgurson to acting chief administrative officer at Saint Louise Regional Hospital.
Providence Health & Services in Renton, Wash., has made these changes: Mike Butler to president of operations and services for Providence Health & Services, from group president for Providence; Dr. Craig Wright to senior vice president, physician services; and Mike Waters to chief administrative officer, physician services.
Lori Price to president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., from president of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Plymouth, Ind.
Dr. Shane H. Peng to president of SSM Health Care – St. Louis Physicians' Organization from vice president/senior medical director of Sentara Medical Group in Norfolk, Va.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
James E. Armour to vice president of mission and ministry for St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio.
Beverly Neisler to chief development officer for St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill.
OBITUARY
Derek Covert, former executive vice president and general counsel for San Francisco-based Dignity Health, died March 29. After providing legal counsel in the 1986 hospital merger that created Catholic Healthcare West, Covert joined the system the following year. Early on, he conceived and created the CHW Medical Foundation to better align physicians with the system's hospitals. More recently, he drew on his knowledge of civil and canon law as a main architect of the governance model for Dignity Health, previously known as Catholic Healthcare West. He is survived by his wife, Mary, and children, Darcy and Ian.