Dana Rice, RN, MHA, CCM, has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer for Capella Healthcare, effective Monday, December 14, according to Mark Medley, EVP, President of Hospital Operations. With more than 20 years of healthcare experience, Rice will be responsible for working with the company’s hospitals on clinical operations and quality performance.
She has been Senior Director of Hospital Operations for Kaiser Permanente, serving as administrative liaison to 11 hospitals in the Colorado Region. Prior to that, she was their Regional Director of Resource Stewardship. Before joining Kaiser Permanente, Rice was with Capella serving as Chief Operating Officer for Capital Medical Center in Olympia, WA from 2011-13.
Rice has significant additional hospital experience, beginning her career as a nurse in North Carolina. She moved into management at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Waynesville, NC, serving as RN Case Manager and then Corporate Compliance Officer / Risk Manager. She also worked for Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (KY) as Director of Quality/Risk/Resource Management as well as Chief Nursing Officer for Valley View Medical Center (AZ) and Havasu Regional Medical Center (AZ).
Rice earned an A.A.S. degree in nursing from Wilkes Community College (NC), a B.S. in Health Services Management from Western Carolina University (NC), and an M.H.A from A.T. Still University (MO) where she was honored as the “Top GPA Award” recipient.
About Capella Healthcare
Capella Healthcare partners with communities to build strong local healthcare systems that are known for quality patient care. Based in Franklin, Tennessee, Capella operates 10 acute care and specialty hospital facilities in five states. With the philosophy that all healthcare is local, Capella collaborates with each hospital’s medical staff, board and community leadership to take care to the next level. A private company, Capella has access to significant leadership and financial resources, investing 100% of its net cash flow in its family of hospitals to strengthen and expand services and facilities.
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