SPRINGFIELD, IL – Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) today announced that James F. Dover, FACHE, has accepted an invitation to serve as HSHS Division President and CEO, Southern Illinois Division (SID). Dover will begin his services with HSHS on May 26.

GREENVILLE, IL - The Board of Directors at Greenville Regional Hospital (GRH) and Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) today announced they have signed a letter of intent to begin the process of exploring an affiliation between the two organizations. Both organizations will be undertaking the necessary due diligence in order to ensure the affiliation will best serve the long-term health care needs of patients in the region.

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) today announced the appointment of Paulette Evans, RN, MSN, CPPS as President and CEO of HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital (SJB) in Breese, IL. Paulette has been serving as SJB’s interim President and CEO following the resignation of Mark Klosterman in June.

Oconto Falls, WI – Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is pleased to announce the addition of HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls – formerly known as Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) – to its family as of Sept. 1, 2014.

Julie Manas, president and CEO, Sacred Heart Hospital, and president and CEO, Western Wisconsin Division, Hospital Sisters Health System, has been elected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) for a three-year term.

LITCHFIELD, IL - Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) today announced the appointment of Patricia L. Fischer, RN, MBA, FACHE as President and CEO of St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield, IL. Fischer, who has more than 20 years of health care leadership experience, succeeds Daniel Perryman, who in March was appointed as President and CEO of St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur, IL.