Louis-based health system was putting its bottom line before patients. Then, in a letter to Ascension's CEO last month that cited the Journal Sentinel's reporting, Baldwin blasted Ascension Health for seemingly "operating like a private equity fund" and questioned whether the tax-exempt, St.
The widow of a former Milwaukee high school principal, Keith Carrington, filed a complaint with the state after her husband died of septic shock while hospitalized and recovering from a surgery at Columbia St. The hospital was cited twice last year by state regulators for not having enough nurses or other staff on units. Overstretched nurses spent less time with individual patients and worried they might miss something that could result in a medical emergency. Without more help, nurses were at times slow to answer patients' calls for help. Mary's were often assigned more patients than they considered realistic, or even safe. The Journal Sentinel's reporting found that nurses at Columbia St. Mary’s in Milwaukee that have resulted in disruptions to patient care, long wait times in the emergency department, delayed surgeries and staff concerns about patient safety. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Milwaukee Magazine separately have reported on staffing shortages at Columbia St. The shakeup comes as Ascension has come under fire from health care professionals, patients and regulators for staffing and patient care concerns at Milwaukee-area hospitals. He received about $2 million in compensation in 2019, including about $850,000 in bonuses and incentive compensation, according to nonprofit tax filings.Īscension under fire from multiple corners Sherry was one of Ascension Wisconsin's highest-paid executives. Instead, the spokesperson directed reporters to a press release that outlined much of the same information as the memo to staff. Mary's in Milwaukee.Īn Ascension Wisconsin spokesperson did not answer questions about the specific reasons for the departures or the terms on which hospital leadership is leaving. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, according to the memo.Ī search is underway for a new chief nursing officer for Columbia St. Other leadership changes include a new interim chief operating officer, Duke Walker, at Columbia St. That hospital is owned by a for-profit hospital chain that has been the subject of complaints by Detroit Medical Center doctors and nurses for alleged cost-cutting measures and low staffing levels, according to the Detroit News. Jackson was last the CEO of Detroit Medical Center's Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, until he left that position about a year ago, the Detroit News reported last year. They were split to "best enable greater operational and clinical focus" at the two hospitals, the memo said. The hospital presidency had previously been shared between the two Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Mequon, the memo said. John Joyce will remain the president of Ascension Columbia St.
The memo also announced that a new interim president and CEO, Daniel Jackson, was chosen to lead Ascension Columbia St. In recent months, Ascension Wisconsin has cut services at some Milwaukee hospitals and struggled to keep staffing at proper levels, prompting protests from hospital workers, scrutiny from Milwaukee Common Council members and demands for answers from U.S. Other Ascension Wisconsin leaders leaving their positions this week include: Monica Hilt, chief operating officer Marcia Lysaght, chief nursing officer Beth O'Laire, market chief human resources executive and Caryn Kaufman, the director of communications. A search is underway for his replacement. The head of Ascension Wisconsin is leaving his position amid a major leadership shakeup at the hospital system, after some of its Milwaukee hospitals came under fire for staffing shortages that doctors and others said were threatening patient care.īernie Sherry, a senior vice president of Ascension Health who has overseen the Wisconsin market since 2016, will be out of his role "later this spring," according to a memo sent Tuesday to Ascension Wisconsin staff.
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