Karen Barber, RN. CEO of Yoakum (Texas) Community Hospital. Karen Barber has served as CEO of Yoakum Community Hospital since 2006. Ms. Barber joined the hospital as a nurse in 1992. Since Ms. Barber took the reins in 2006 at the 25-bed hospital, the facility has made great strides. YCH, which is about 100 miles east of San Antonio, received the 2012 Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Bronze Award and the Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades in 2013. Ms. Barber's leadership prowess at YCH has not gone unnoticed: in 2010, the Texas Hospital Association honored her with the Pioneer Award, which recognizes excellence in rural hospital management.
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