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BECKER'S
HOSPITAL REVIEW
October 2016 l Vol. 2016 No. 10
Executive
Exclusives
Kim Henrichsen
RN, Vice President of
Clinical Operations
and CNO, Intermoun-
tain Healthcare
p.142
Gary Kaplan
MD, Chairman and
CEO, Virginia Mason
Health System
p. 144
Michael Dowling
President and CEO,
Northwell Health
p. 146
John Jay Shannon
MD, CEO, Cook Coun-
ty Health & Hospitals
System
p. 148
Kate Walsh
CEO, Boston Medical
Center
p. 150
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