|
|
Winchester Hospital President and CEO Dale M. Lodge Becomes Immediate Past Chair of Massachusetts Hospital Association; Winchester Hospital Board Chair Paul J. Andrews Elected as Massachusetts Hospital Association Board Member
Winchester, Mass. – Dale M. Lodge, president and chief executive officer of Winchester Hospital, became immediate past chair of the Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) during the organization’s recent annual meeting in Chatham. Also at the event, Winchester Hospital Board Chair Paul J. Andrews was elected as a board member of the MHA.
“As we move forward into the next fiscal year, MHA is exceptionally fortunate to be moving from strength to strength,” said MHA President and Chief Executive Officer Lynn Nicholas.
Lodge joined Winchester Hospital in December 1999. During his tenure, Winchester Hospital became the first community hospital in Massachusetts to earn Magnet Recognition – the highest honor for excellence in nursing – from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2003. Winchester Hospital was re-designated with this prestigious recognition in 2008. Last year, Winchester Hospital was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the Hospital Value Index’s category of the 100 Best Value Hospitals released by Data Advantage, LLC, a national health care information and rating organization.
Most recently, Winchester Hospital was named by the Boston Business Journal as the No. 1 Best Place to Work in Massachusetts for excellence in employee satisfaction, working conditions and company culture. Winchester Hospital is the first large company to win the coveted No. 1 spot two years in a row, and is one of only four companies to be recognized all seven years of the program’s existence. Additionally, Winchester Hospital was named No. 1 on the Boston Globe’s debut 100 Top Places to Work ’08 recognizing the most progressive companies in the state based on employee opinions about company leadership, compensation and training, diversity and inclusion, career development, family-friendly flexibility and values and ethics.
Andrews has been chair of Winchester Hospital’s Board of Directors for 10 years. He also serves as chair of the hospital’s Executive Committee, Nominating Committee and Joint Conference (Quality) Committee. Through his dedication to Winchester Hospital’s quality initiative, he was instrumental in securing a $50,000 grant awarded to Winchester Hospital by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts in February to participate in the Trustee Advantage program designed to help hospitals advance quality and safety improvements. Winchester Hospital was just one of five hospitals in Massachusetts to receive the award.
In addition to his service at Winchester Hospital, Andrews has made significant contributions to the statewide effort to improve health care for all, working to move key legislation forward on behalf of community hospitals and all residents of the Commonwealth.
Andrews is also involved in education at the local and state level. As a member of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, he was instrumental in passing the Education Reform Act of 1993, which revolutionized the role of school administrators and brought accountability to a whole new level with the advent of MCAS testing. A former teacher, Andrews left his 14-year post as school superintendent for the Woburn Public Schools to become director of professional development and government relations for the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, a role he has held since 1994.
Andrews is also a board member for the Professional Certification Review Board of the Massachusetts Department of Education. He is the founder and president of the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Project Alliance Partnerships for Youth.
About Winchester Hospital
Winchester Hospital is the first community hospital in Massachusetts to earn Magnet recognition, the American Nurses Association’s highest honor for nursing excellence. As the northwest suburban Boston area’s leading provider of comprehensive health care services, the 229-bed facility provides care in general, bariatric and vascular surgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, oncology, gastroenterology, rehabilitation, radiation oncology, pain management, obstetrics/gynecology and a Level IIB Special Care Nursery. Winchester Hospital has clinical affiliations with several nationally recognized hospitals in the region, including Children’s Hospital Boston, Tufts Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. To learn more, visit www.winchesterhospital.org. |
|
|
