Mark Christensen, MD, Director of Emergency Medicine at Highlands Medical Center in Scottsboro and Cullman Regional Medical Center in Cullman was recently selected as one of five 2020 Facility Medical Directors of the Year by Alteon Health, the industry-leading national medical group that manages these emergency medicine programs.
The award honors Medical Directors from across Alteonâs more than 125 clinical sites who exhibited exemplary leadership and professionalism in 2020, mentoring their physicians and advanced practice providers while improving department performance amid the challenges of COVID-19. In her nomination of Dr. Christensen, Destiny Harvey, Regional Vice President of Operations for Alteon, celebrated the strong collaboration Christensen has fostered between the emergency medicine providers, the nursing staffs, and other hospital departments at both facilities since becoming medical director in 2019.
Local hospital names new chief nursing officer
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John Voigt is the new chief nursing officer at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. | Courtesy Coleen Niemann
The following is a news release from Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
IDAHO FALLS – Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce the addition of John Voight, MSN, RN, NEA-BC as Chief Nursing Officer. In this role, Voight oversees clinical nursing operations throughout the hospital, ensures quality patient care, and leads efforts to increase patient satisfaction.
Voight comes to EIRMC with 20 years of healthcare leadership experience at various hospitals across the nation. Most recently, he served as CNO at Oviedo Medical Center (HCA Healthcare) in Oviedo, FL. In this role, on top of his nursing leadership responsibilities, he also had a good portion of the responsibilities traditionally held by an operations officer.
Charge dismissed against man accused of rape
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EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this story, published Monday, included incorrect information and was subsequently taken down until corrections could be made. This version of the story has been rewritten and corrected with new details. EastIdahoNews.com apologies for the error.
IDAHO FALLS Rape charges have been dismissed against an Idaho Falls man who allegedly forced an unwanted sex act during a consensual sexual encounter.
Charges against Zachary Paul Hoover were dropped last month by the Bonneville County Prosecutor’s Office after the decision was made that existing evidence was insufficient to move forward.
Juvenile killed in two-vehicle crash near Shelley
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SHELLEY A juvenile was killed in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of East 1500 North and North 800 East on Friday.
The crash occurred at about 7 p.m., north of Shelley, according to an Idaho State Police news release.
Police reports show a juvenile driving a 2001 Ford Taurus was traveling eastbound on East 1500 North. A 1991 GMC Sierra pickup was being driven southbound on North 800 East by another juvenile.
Authorities say the Taurus was struck on the driver’s side by the GMC Sierra.
The driver of the Taurus, who has not been identified due to their age, succumbed to injuries received at the scene of the crash.