I learned from the Albuquerque Journal Nov. 9 that Tom Moser, CEO of the Lovelace Sandia Medical Center, had resigned effective immediately.
I learned from the Journal the next day that his boss, Norm Becker, Chairman and CEO of Lovelace Sandia Health System, resigned effective Dec. 31. Voluntarily, he said. Time to make a transition to new leadership, he said.
Maybe so, but Lovelace Sandia has been suffering great pains over the past two years. It has lost many top administrators as well as many doctors. In that time, Ardent Health Services of Nashville has been trying to mesh the two medical systems it bought here, Lovelace and St. Joseph’s. Also, it has been trying to make the single unit more efficient.
Assignment for New Mexico newspapers: What’s going on at Lovelace Sandia? Why two resignations so close together? Why the earlier losses in the executive suite and staff? How is this process affecting profits? How is it affecting patient care?
Any takers?