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Bradley Medical CEO reports staffing, service and quality gains, warns freestanding ERs pose coordination challenges
Summary
Lisa Lovelace, CEO of Bradley Medical, told the Bradley County Commission the hospital has added staff, recruited physicians, converted to the EPIC electronic record and improved ER and inpatient metrics since its Aug. 20, 2024 acquisition; she warned a planned Parkridge freestanding ED may require transfers and could create billing and coordination issues.
Bradley County Mayor Davis introduced Lisa Lovelace, chief executive officer of Bradley Medical, to report on changes since the hospital’s Aug. 20, 2024 acquisition. Lovelace told commissioners the organization completed a triannual Joint Commission survey (more than 1,400 standards reviewed), with 24 findings overall and six clinical findings, and is now designated an acute-stroke-ready emergency department.
Lovelace said the new operator has made a substantial capital commitment, describing about "$160,000,000" in investment, added roughly 200 staff members and recruited 18 physicians. She listed new services, including ENT, hand surgery and endocrinology, and said the hospital converted to the EPIC…
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