North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview, Fla., has named Ronnie Daves CEO, according to a Crestview News Bulletin report.
Here are three things to know about Mr. Daves.
1. Mr. Daves' appointment comes about a month after David Fuller resigned as CEO.
2. Mr. Daves comes to NOMC from Carolinas Hospital System-Marion, a 124-bed hospital in Mullins, S.C., where he has served as CEO since 2013.
3. During Mr. Daves' tenure, Marion began a hospitalist program supported by all community physicians, leading to more than a 10 percent growth in admissions, according to the report. His recruitment efforts added six physicians to the medical staff as well as contract physicians for the emergency department and hospitalist department.
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