Allen Harrison Appointed President of Methodist Healthcare System
July 19 2018 - 3:15PM
Business Wire
Current Division President Jaime Wesolowski
to Retire
HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) today announced Allen Harrison will
become president of Methodist Healthcare System, a nine-hospital,
50-50 joint venture between Methodist Healthcare Ministries and HCA
Healthcare.
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Allen Harrison appointed president of
Methodist Healthcare System. (Photo: Business Wire)
Harrison, who currently serves as CEO of Methodist Hospital and
Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, is replacing longtime
HCA Healthcare veteran Jaime Wesolowski, who earlier this year
announced his plan to retire. The transition is expected to occur
within the next 60 days.
“Allen is a seasoned leader with a deep appreciation of the
patients-first culture shared by HCA Healthcare and Methodist
Healthcare Ministries,” said Jon Foster, president of HCA
Healthcare’s American Group. “He is uniquely qualified to continue
Methodist Healthcare System’s legacy of providing exceptional care
in San Antonio.”
Harrison began his HCA Healthcare career in 2002, when he became
vice president of business development at HCA Healthcare’s The
Medical Center of Aurora. He served as vice president of business
development for HCA Healthcare’s Continental Division from 2004 to
2006 before becoming chief operating officer of the company’s
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver from 2006 to 2011.
In 2011, Harrison was named chief executive officer of St. David’s
North Austin Medical Center, an HCA Healthcare affiliate in Austin,
before being appointed to his current position.
Harrison holds a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering
from Oral Roberts University, a master’s in biomedical engineering
from the University of Virginia, and an MBA from the University of
Colorado at Denver. Harrison and his wife Stephanie have been
married for 30 years and have four children.
A nearly 20-year veteran of HCA Healthcare, Wesolowski has been
president of Methodist Healthcare System since 2007. Before that,
he was CEO of Riverside Community Hospital, an HCA Healthcare
affiliate in Southern California. Wesolowski joined HCA Healthcare
in 1999 as CEO of Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Florida. From
1984 to 1999, he held a number of hospital leadership roles at
various healthcare systems.
“Jaime has led Methodist Healthcare System to significant growth
and new levels of achievement in quality, patient experience and
employee satisfaction,” said Foster. “We appreciate his many
contributions and years of service to our organization, and we wish
him the very best in his next chapter.”
About Methodist Healthcare System of San AntonioMethodist
Healthcare System – San Antonio is the largest provider of health
care in South and Central Texas with 28 facilities including nine
acute care hospitals serving over 94,000 inpatients and 500,000
outpatients annually. The System team is comprised of 11,000
employees, making Methodist Healthcare System the second largest
private employer in San Antonio. The Texas Quality Foundation
selected Methodist Healthcare System to receive the 2014 Texas
Award for Performance Excellence, making Methodist the first and
only health care system in South Texas to receive this award, which
requires an organization to demonstrate its commitment to the
highest quality standards. With more than 2,700 credentialed
physicians, Methodist Healthcare System provides the largest array
of medical services in the region including neurosurgery,
cardiovascular services, transplants, oncology and women’s
services. The health system is equally co-owned by both HCA
Healthcare and the Methodist Healthcare Ministries. HCA Healthcare
is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services,
comprising 178 hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care,
including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers
and physician clinics in 20 states and the United
Kingdom. Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
is a private, faith-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to
creating access to health care for the uninsured through direct
services, community partnerships and strategic grant making in 74
counties across South Texas. Visit http://www.SAHealth.com to
learn more.
About HCA HealthcareNashville-based HCA Healthcare is one
of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services,
comprising 178 hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care,
including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers,
and physician clinics, in 20 states and the United Kingdom. With
its founding in 1968, HCA Healthcare created a new model for
hospital care in the United States, using combined resources to
strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and improve the
practice of medicine. HCA Healthcare has conducted a number of
clinical studies, including one that demonstrated that full-term
delivery is healthier than early elective delivery of babies and
another that identified a clinical protocol that can reduce
bloodstream infections in ICU patients by 44 percent. HCA
Healthcare is a learning healthcare system that uses its more than
28 million annual patient encounters to advance science, improve
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