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Sister Mary Roch Rocklage Installed as 2002 Chair of the Board of Trustees of the AHA

ST. LOUIS, MO (April, 2002) - During ceremonies held Sunday, April 7, in Washington, C.D., Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, RSM, chair of the Sisters of Mercy Health System Board of Directors, was installed as 2002 chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association (AHA). The investiture ceremony was held as part of the AHA annual meeting. The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations whose membership includes 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care. The annual meeting drew more than 2,000 participants from AHA member organizations across the country. To read Sister Mary Roch's investiture speech, click here.

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The Sisters of Mercy Health System, based in St. Louis, Missouri, operates hospitals, physician practices, outpatient clinics, health plans, and related health and human services in a seven-state area including Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Its members include 19 acute care hospitals providing nearly 5,000 licensed beds, a psychiatric hospital, a managed care subsidiary (Mercy Health Plans), physician practices, outpatient care facilities, home health programs, skilled nursing services and long-term care facilities. Services are provided by approximately 27,000 co-workers and 4,000 physicians who are employed or practice at Mercy facilities.

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