Providence Health Care chief executive 2016 chair-elect to AHA governing council

Elaine Couture, R.N., chief executive of Providence Health Care, is the 2016 chair-elect of the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals. She will assume her role in 2017. The section is a forum for suburban and urban hospitals throughout the country to discuss common interests and concerns, and to participate in the AHA policy process. The metropolitan governing council advises the AHA on federal policy issues. Click here to read more in an article from State of Reform. Congratulations Elaine on the appointment! (Tim Pfarr)