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97 Great Bend (Kan.) Regional Hospital named Kerry Noble CEO. Kim Pardini-Kiely, BSN, RN, was hired as COO and chief nurse executive for Seton Coastside in Moss Beach, Calif., and Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif. Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., promoted JoAnn Piedrafite, RNC, to CNO. Sharon Rudnick was named president of Pres- ence Health Partners, part of Chicago-based Presence Health's clinically integrated system. ree executives at Detroit Medical Center are leaving to pursue other jobs and opportunities. Detroit Medical Center COO Andrei Soran is leaving to become CEO of an undisclosed health system in California; Larry Gold, CEO of DMC's Children's Hospital of Michigan, has le to pursue other opportunities; and Michael Lacusta, an executive vice president, is leaving DMC to become Ernst & Young's coordinating services director for the health advisory group. Richard "Rick" O. Sutton was appointed CEO of Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Do- than and president for the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine. Baltimore-based Sheppard Pratt Health System named Harsh K. Trivedi, MD, president and CEO. Orlando (Fla.) Health named ibaut van Marcke senior vice president of the system and president of Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, also in Orlando. Seth Warren, president and CEO of Laconia, N.H.-based LRGHealthcare, resigned. Erik Wexler was named senior vice president and CEO of Providence Health & Services, Southern California. Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares named Anita Young COO. n Hospital and Health System Transactions A llegiance Health in Jackson, Mich., joined Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System and introduced its new name — Henry Ford Allegiance Health. Alpena (Mich.) Regional Medical Cen- ter joined Midland-based MidMichigan Health as the fifth hospital in the system. Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System completed its acquisition of Hackettstown (N.J.) Regional Medical Center. Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida acquired a majority in- terest in Northpoint Surgery Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. Orange, N.J.-based Barnabas Health and Robert Wood Johnson Health Sys- tem, which has flagship hospital cam- puses in New Brunswick, N.J., and Som- erset, N.J., completed their planned merger, creating the largest health sys- tem in the state. Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., joined the East Florida Re- gion of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System. Bowie (Texas) Memorial Hospital board members signed a contract to sell the facility to Hashmi Group for $1.5 million. Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Health- care and Brentwood, Tenn.-based RegionalCare Hospital Partners an- nounced plans to merge, creating a combined company with 18 hospital campuses in 12 states. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems acquired an 80 percent ownership interest in Physicians' Spe- cialty Hospital in Fayetteville, Ark. Eastern Niagara Health System in Lock- port, N.Y., and Buffalo, N.Y.-based Ka- leida Health inked an affiliation agree- ment, which will allow the systems to work together on physician recruitment, clinical education, supply chain and IT enhancement. Elliot Health System, a single-hospital system in Manchester, N.H., put out a request for acquisition proposals and Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Cor- poration of America and Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Health were chosen as bidding finalists. Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Ser- vices and health insurer UCare signed a letter of intent to combine their opera- tions. New York State approved a request for Forest Hills (N.Y.) Hospital and Franklin Hospital in Valley Stream, N.Y., to merge with Long Island Jewish Medical Center, part of Great Neck, N.Y.-based North- well Health. Baton Rouge, La.-based General Health System and New Orleans-based Ochs- ner Health System signed a letter of intent to form an integrated, strategic partnership. Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, La., and New Orle- ans-based Ochsner Health System formed a long-term partnership. The proposed merger between Jameson Health System, a single hospital system in New Castle, Pa., and Pittsburgh-based UPMC was given the go-ahead under a consent decree filed in the U.S. Dis- trict Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The board of directors of Kinston, N.C.- based Lenoir Memorial Hospital voted to pursue exclusive negotiations to cre- ate a management services agreement with Chapel Hill-based UNC Health Care. Memorial Health in Savannah, Ga., ap- proved a strategic partnership agree- ment with Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health. North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Mont., will become an affiliate under the Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Health- care system. Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System signed a letter of intent to explore an affiliation. Physicians Realty Trust, a self-managed healthcare properties REIT, is looking to boost its portfolio with the addition of 52 medical office facilities owned by Englewood, Colo.-based based Catho- lic Health Initiatives. After three years, Ontario, Calif.-based