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Jamie Orlikoff Joins St. Charles Health System Board of Directors

February 23, 2018

BEND, Ore. — St. Charles Health System is pleased to announce that Jamie Orlikoff has been selected as its newest board member. Orlikoff is president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm based in Chicago that specializes in health care governance and leadership, strategy, quality, patient safety and organizational development.

Orlikoff replaces Dr. Hartwell Lin, whose term on the board ended in January.

“I’d like to thank Hartwell for the many contributions he made to the St. Charles board during his tenure, including sharing his valuable perspective from a large health system in California,” said Dan Schuette, chairman of the board. “I’m also thrilled to welcome Jamie to the board as his expertise in health care leadership and governance is unparalleled and will help to guide our strategy going forward.”

Orlikoff was the keynote speaker at a St. Charles-sponsored health care conference last spring. He has worked with the board on development and visited St. Charles in the fall to speak to caregivers about the state of the health care industry nationwide.

 

“I am very concerned about the future of rural health care in America,” Orlikoff said. “The opportunity to help St. Charles achieve its mission and use Lean methodologies to do so is very compelling to me.”

Orlikoff is the national advisor on governance and leadership to the American Hospital Association and Health Forum, and previously served as senior consultant to the Center for Healthcare Governance. He was named one of the 100 most powerful people in health care in the inaugural list by Modern Healthcare magazine.

 

“Jamie is very forward thinking and I know he will challenge us to be more innovative as we work to reduce the costs of health care and, ultimately, improve the health of the communities we serve,” said Joe Sluka, president and CEO of St. Charles. “I’m looking forward to working with him as we continue our improvement journey.”

 

About St. Charles Health System

St. Charles Health System, Inc., headquartered in Bend, Ore., owns and operates St. Charles Bend, Madras, Prineville and Redmond. It also owns family care clinics in Bend, Madras, Prineville, Redmond and Sisters. St. Charles is a private, not-for-profit Oregon corporation and is the largest employer in Central Oregon with more than 4,200 caregivers. In addition, there are more than 350 active medical staff members and nearly 200 visiting medical staff members who partner with the health system to provide a wide range of care and service to our communities

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Lisa Goodman, Public Information Officer

Phone: 541-706-5989  |  Cell: 541-241-0467

[email protected]

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