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Capella Healthcare Appoints Diane Simerly Director of Emergency Department Operations

June 22, 2012

Franklin, TN. June 22, 2012 – Capella Healthcare has announced the appointment of Diane Simerly, RN, as Director of Emergency Department (ED) Operations.  Simerly has more than two decades of experience in healthcare concentrated on emergency services, patient satisfaction and patient flow.

She comes to Capella from Emcare, where she was Director of Clinical Services.  In this role she was responsible for providing professional RN support to 20 client hospitals and medical directors.  Prior to that, Simerly served as an ED consultant and Interim ED Administrative Director for Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso, where she focused on process flow, Evidence-Based Medicine and patient satisfaction improvements.  She was instrumental in the implementation of process changes that increased efficiency and decreased waiting times for patients.  Simerly has worked as an employee or consultant with several other hospitals and healthcare companies including Tenet Healthcare Corporation and The Advisory Board.

She holds a BBA from Letourneau University and is a graduate of the Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing.

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