FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Barb Meyer
Director of Communications
Sisters of Mercy Health System
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SISTERS OF MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS

St. Louis, MO (September 23, 2004) – The Sisters of Mercy Health System (Mercy) has announced the following promotions:

• Lynn Britton to Senior Vice President


• Mike McCurry to Vice President–Resource Optimization, and President–Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi –an operating division of the Sisters of Mercy Health System)
• Shannon Sock to Vice President–Healthcare Solutions

The appointments were announced by Ron Ashworth, president and chief executive officer.

As senior vice president, Britton will provide executive leadership for a variety of activities that will assist Mercy in exploring opportunities to better use resources and develop organizational initiatives to meet current and future challenges. McCurry will lead the activities of the ROi operating division and will provide strategic direction and oversight for ROi’s three service divisions of group purchasing, supply chain management and performance consulting. Sock will lead Mercy’s efforts in analyzing opportunities for change, recommending priorities, and assisting in the implementation of new initiatives.

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The Sisters of Mercy Health System (Mercy) 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 18 acute care hospitals providing more than 4,000 licensed beds, a heart 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 26,000 co-workers and 3,100 physicians who are employed or practice at Mercy facilities. Mercy is the 9th largest Catholic health care system in the U.S. based on net patient service revenue and is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy–St. Louis Regional Community.

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