Franklin, TN. August 29, 2014 — Donnie Frederic, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Russellville, AR, has been posthumously awarded Capella Healthcare’s annual CEO Leadership Award. The award was presented to the Saint Mary’s leadership team on August 20 at Capella’s annual Leadership Conference. Frederic, who passed away on July 4, also received the award last year.
“Donnie’s commitment to quality, his passion for excellent service, and his skill in relationship building along with his tremendous work ethic and genuine kindness resulted in remarkable success over the past two years for Saint Mary’s,” said Michael Wiechart, President and CEO of Capella Healthcare. “Saint Mary’s experienced remarkable growth last year, and received our overall volume growth award as well as our physician recruitment award. Donnie oversaw the investment of more than $25 million, the completion of the numerous projects under development, and – earlier this year – the opening the new Millard-Henry Clinic.
“Donnie attended every new employee orientation personally to meet new employees, and to describe what he called the ‘Mama Standard of Care’ – treating each patient as if they were our own mothers. At his memorial service, we learned about how deeply Donnie loved his wife and soul mate, Jeanne, and how good it was for the staff to see this – fully understanding that any man who could so thoroughly love and treasure his wife was someone who valued what was important and could be deeply trusted.”
Frederic joined Saint Mary’s as CEO in January of 2012.
In conjunction with the CEO Leadership Award, Capella Healthcare presented a check for $2,500 in honor of Frederic to the Donnie Frederic Memorial Scholarship Fund.
About Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center
Part of the Capella Healthcare family of hospitals since 2008, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center is a 170-bed acute-care facility, fully accredited by The Joint Commission. Saint Mary’s has been serving the Arkansas River Valley for more than 75 years, offering a wide range of medical services, including Women’s and Children’s Services, Cardiac Catheterization, Diagnostic Cardiac Services, Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, Outpatient Therapy Center, Sleep Study Lab, Hyperbaric Wound Care, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Senior Services, Inpatient and Outpatient Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging, Skilled Nursing Facility, MSICU, 24-hour Emergency Services and Home Health. The hospital is one of the region’s largest employers and tax-payers. For more information, visit the hospital’s website at www.SaintMarysRegional.com
About Capella Healthcare
Capella Healthcare partners with communities to build strong local healthcare systems that are known for quality patient care. Based in Franklin, Tenn., Capella owns and/or operates 13 acute care and specialty hospital facilities in six states. With the philosophy that all healthcare is local, Capella collaborates with each hospital’s medical staff, board and community leadership to take care to the next level. The company has access to significant leadership and financial resources, investing in its family of hospitals to strengthen and expand services and facilities. The company was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the nation’s fastest growing health care companies in both 2012 and 2013.
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