SOURCE: VHA
IRVING, TX–(Marketwire – October 26, 2010) – VHA Inc., the national health care network, has hired David J. Robertson as senior vice president and executive officer over its Oklahoma and Arkansas region. The VHA Oklahoma/Arkansas office coordinates and directs VHA efforts to serve 43 member hospitals and hundreds of non-acute care organizations in the two states.
Robertson assumes his new duties at VHA on Feb. 1, 2011. He currently serves as president and chief executive officer of Monongalia Health System in Monogalia, W.V., a position he’s held since January 2003. Prior to that, for 18 years he served as CEO of Duncan Regional Hospital in Duncan, Okla., after spending five years as CEO of Shelby County Myrtue Hospital in Harlan, Iowa.
“Dave brings to this position more than 30 years of experience as a hospital leader, and his extensive knowledge of hospital priorities and challenges gives him a solid platform to direct VHA resources to have the maximum benefit for members in the region,” said Gary Ford, group senior vice president at VHA.
Robertson holds a master’s degree in public health with a concentration in health administration and a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing, obtaining both degrees from the University of Missouri in Columbia. He earned his bachelor’s degree in health care administration from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan. He is the recipient of numerous awards in the health care industry, including being named the outstanding young health care administrator in Iowa and Oklahoma.
The VHA Oklahoma/Arkansas region, with offices in Little Rock and Oklahoma City, deploys staff to help members implement supply chain efficiency strategies, improve clinical performance and accelerate knowledge transfer to improve health care operations overall. The region also supports AROK, a regional supply network; and LifeCare Health Services, a regional business that provides employee benefit management services, a nurse advice line, a managed care consultancy and clinical and operational risk management support services.
About VHA
VHA Inc., based in Irving, Texas, is a national network of not-for-profit health care organizations that work together to drive maximum savings in the supply chain arena, set new levels of clinical performance and identify and implement best practices to improve operational efficiency and clinical outcomes. Formed in 1977, through its 16 regional offices, VHA serves 1,400 hospitals and more than 30,000 non-acute care providers nationwide. VHA was ranked by Modern Healthcare as the 7th best place to work in health care in 2009.
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