New President For Lakewood Hospital.

[Jim O'Bryan]

CLEVELAND CLINIC EXECUTIVE TAPPED TO LEAD LAKEWOOD AND FAIRVIEW HOSPITALS
Fairview Hospital President Janice Murphy Brings 30 Years’ Healthcare Experience to Position

Tuesday, December 22, 2009: Cleveland Clinic officials announced today that Janice
Murphy, R.N. B.S.N., M.S.N, FACHE, has been named President of Lakewood Hospital and will continue as President of Fairview Hospital, effective January 1, 2010.

Since 2007, Murphy has led Fairview Hospital. In her new dual role, she will be responsible for the oversight and operations of both Lakewood and Fairview Hospitals. Prior to assuming the role of President at Fairview Hospital, Murphy served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Fairview Hospital. In her extensive experience at Fairview Hospital, she has served as Chief Nursing Officer and Executive over Patient Care Services, as well as Associate Vice President of Nursing/Operations. Murphy began her career at Fairview Hospital in 1978 as a bedside nurse in Oncology.

“Jan is an exceptional leader who possesses an extensive knowledge of this market and our hospital system and is an advocate for patients,” said Fred DeGrandis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals. “She is an advocate for physicians and employees and brings a talent that will most effectively continue to advance the goals of the Cleveland Clinic health system for the benefit of our patients.”

At the helm of Lakewood and Fairview hospitals, Murphy will build upon the hospitals’ strengths and optimize additional synergies and opportunities in the Western market. This new structure will benefit patients and the hospital communities by ensuring the highest level of care is provided in the right setting while positioning both hospitals for long-term stability.

“This is a great opportunity for our organizations to really work together in overlapping markets to build on the strengths each hospital offers and continue to keep our patients at the forefront of every decision,” said Murphy. “I’m excited to be a part of this and believe it will allow us to build on a combined nearly 200 years of care both hospitals have provided to our communities and challenge us to consider new opportunities and continue exciting existing ventures.”

Murphy is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses, and is the 2006 recipient of the Cleveland Clinic Western Region Leadership Award. She received her licensed practical nursing (L.P.N.) degree from Marymount School of Practical Nursing and her registered nursing (R.N.) degree from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing. She received her bachelor of science in nursing (B.S.N.) from Bowling Green State University and her master of science in nursing (M.S.N.) from Akron University-Mary Gladwyn Hall. Currently, she is a faculty member for the Cleveland Clinic Center for Leadership and Learning and Cleveland Clinic Academy

Also as part of the announcement, Lakewood and Fairview hospitals’ finances will function under the leadership of one finance director, to be named in the near future. Jack Gustin, current president of Lakewood Hospital will utilize his experience and expertise to support the Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals in key West Side and Lorain county initiatives.

About Lakewood and Fairview Hospitals
Lakewood Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital, is an acute care hospital that has served the diverse health care needs of the City of Lakewood and Cleveland’s Westshore communities since 1907. Lakewood Hospital provides high quality and innovative patient care for more than 130,000 patients. www.lakewoodhospital.org

Founded in 1892, Fairview Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital, is a faith-based, not-for-profit 499-bed hospital dedicated to providing high quality, patient-focused healthcare. Fairview is a Magnet Hospital, nationally recognized for excellence in nursing care, with strong clinical Centers of Excellence include heart, cancer, women’s and children’s, emergency and orthopedics specialties. Fairview Hospital has a staff of more than 900 physicians in more than 60 specialties. For more information, please visit www.fairviewhospital.org.

About Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation’s best hospitals in its annual “America’s Best Hospitals” survey. About 2,000 full-time salaried physicians and researchers and 7,600 nurses at Cleveland Clinic represent more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties. In addition to its main campus, Cleveland Clinic operates nine regional hospitals in Northeast Ohio, Cleveland Clinic Florida, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas and Cleveland Clinic Canada. In 2008, there were more than 4.2 million visits throughout the Cleveland Clinic health system and 165,000 hospital admissions. Patients came for treatment from every state and from more than 80 countries. Visit Cleveland Clinic at clevelandclinic.org.



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[Corey Rossen]

Congratulations all around to all those involved. This is great news for Jan, Jack, Lakewood Hospital and the community.

Corey Rossen

[Jim O'Bryan]

Congratulations all around to all those involved. This is great news for Jan, Jack, Lakewood Hospital and the community.

Corey Rossen

Jack Gustin will be missed, he grew up in the Lakewood Hospital /Clinic System from his days as an ambulance drivers right to president, and his love for Lakewood is legendary.

Janice Murphy is good people too, and extremely dedicated and this should be good for Lakewood and Lakewood Hospital.


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[Bill Trentel]

Gee can the writing get any larger on the wall!

First we merge the Lakewood and Fairview and then once the new hospital is up and running in Avon...the "market" won't require the excess capacity and they WILL close Lakewood.

Lakewood's not alone once the Clinic opens their other new hospital in Twinsburg they will be closing Hospitals in south east Cuyahoga county too.

It's all about chasing the insurance bucks and getting away from the under and uninsured.

Bill

[Danielle Masters]

Just out of curiosity how much "charity" care does the clinic give?

My uninsured mom had her surgery at the main campus on Friday. I think the cost of it is supposed to be something like $80,000. She's had appointments here in Lakewood and at the main campus and I cannot be more impressed with how wonderful she was treated. I hear things about how they can't wait to get away from the uninsured but they certainly did not make her feel like she was some indigent bloodsucker. I am not sure if she is an exception to the rule though.

Anyhow I was just curious. Right now the Cleveland Clinic is pretty high on my list of amazing people so I was just curious how much they do give back to the community.