BACON COUNTY HOSPITAL
AND HEALTH SYSTEM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CINDY TURNER NAMED CHAIR-ELECT
OF GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ATLANTA - Cindy Turner, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bacon County Hospital and Health System in Alma, was named chair-elect of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) at the association's annual convention February 13 in Atlanta. She will succeed current GHA Chairman Kurt Stuenkel, president and chief executive officer of Floyd Medical Center in Rome.
Turner has served as CEO since September 2005, but her employment at Bacon County Hospital began well before she held the executive position. Hard work and dedication helped her rise through the ranks to eventually be the leader of a very successful hospital and health system. She joined the staff in February 1981 as an admissions clerk in the business office. Shortly after, she became the business office director and, in 1991, became the Chief Financial Officer. She obtained her license for Nursing Home Administrator in 1993 and in 2001, accepted duties of the Chief Operations Officer, where she was responsible for the operations management of the hospital. On two occasions, the last being in January 2005, she served as interim CEO.
Only two months after taking the position of CEO, she was instrumental in acquiring funding for the addition of a second story to the hospital. This 20 million dollar project was a critical improvement for the 25-bed hospital, which was built in 1952. The new second story enabled the hospital to comply with new mandates for air quality and federal requirements for patient privacy and accessibility.
"We look forward to Cindy Turner's leadership of our Board next year," said GHA President Joseph Parker. "Her vast experience in rural health care and the positive changes she has brought to her hospital make her extremely well-respected, both locally and statewide. We are delighted to have her knowledge and proficiency."
Turner is actively involved in the statewide health care community; she has served as a board member for the Georgia Department of Community Health's State Office of Rural Health Advisory Board from 2006 to 2008. Turner also served as Chairman of the board for the Center for Rural Health in 2008 and as a board member from 2010 to 2012. She served on the Workers' Compensation Board from 2006 to 2012, the Georgia Hospital Association Governing Board from 2009 to 2012 and the American Hospital Association Small Rural Hospital Council from 2011 to present. She has accompanied the executive director of GHA's Center for Rural Health to speak to members of the United States Congressional Delegation regarding funding for rural hospitals and patient safety.
About GHA
Established in 1929, GHA is the state's largest trade organization of hospitals and health systems providing education, research and risk management services to its 174 hospital and health system members. Additionally, it represents and advocates health policy issues benefiting Georgia's citizens before the state legislature and U.S. Congress as well as before regulatory bodies.
AND HEALTH SYSTEM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CINDY TURNER NAMED CHAIR-ELECT
OF GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ATLANTA - Cindy Turner, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bacon County Hospital and Health System in Alma, was named chair-elect of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) at the association's annual convention February 13 in Atlanta. She will succeed current GHA Chairman Kurt Stuenkel, president and chief executive officer of Floyd Medical Center in Rome.
Turner has served as CEO since September 2005, but her employment at Bacon County Hospital began well before she held the executive position. Hard work and dedication helped her rise through the ranks to eventually be the leader of a very successful hospital and health system. She joined the staff in February 1981 as an admissions clerk in the business office. Shortly after, she became the business office director and, in 1991, became the Chief Financial Officer. She obtained her license for Nursing Home Administrator in 1993 and in 2001, accepted duties of the Chief Operations Officer, where she was responsible for the operations management of the hospital. On two occasions, the last being in January 2005, she served as interim CEO.
Only two months after taking the position of CEO, she was instrumental in acquiring funding for the addition of a second story to the hospital. This 20 million dollar project was a critical improvement for the 25-bed hospital, which was built in 1952. The new second story enabled the hospital to comply with new mandates for air quality and federal requirements for patient privacy and accessibility.
"We look forward to Cindy Turner's leadership of our Board next year," said GHA President Joseph Parker. "Her vast experience in rural health care and the positive changes she has brought to her hospital make her extremely well-respected, both locally and statewide. We are delighted to have her knowledge and proficiency."
Turner is actively involved in the statewide health care community; she has served as a board member for the Georgia Department of Community Health's State Office of Rural Health Advisory Board from 2006 to 2008. Turner also served as Chairman of the board for the Center for Rural Health in 2008 and as a board member from 2010 to 2012. She served on the Workers' Compensation Board from 2006 to 2012, the Georgia Hospital Association Governing Board from 2009 to 2012 and the American Hospital Association Small Rural Hospital Council from 2011 to present. She has accompanied the executive director of GHA's Center for Rural Health to speak to members of the United States Congressional Delegation regarding funding for rural hospitals and patient safety.
About GHA
Established in 1929, GHA is the state's largest trade organization of hospitals and health systems providing education, research and risk management services to its 174 hospital and health system members. Additionally, it represents and advocates health policy issues benefiting Georgia's citizens before the state legislature and U.S. Congress as well as before regulatory bodies.