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Hovdenes among CEOs honored by Becker's Hospital Review in 2023

Becker's Hospital Review is delighted to release the 2023 edition of its "Critical access hospital CEOs to know" list. These leaders have jumpstarted growth, developed partnerships and navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic for their organizations.

Thanks to their hard work, their communities benefit from expanded access to care.

Among those honored, was Jodi Hovdenes, RN, President of CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Medical Center (Carrington, N.D.)

Hovdenes was named president of CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Medical Center in 2022 after serving several months as interim president. She has previous nursing experience at Carrington Health. Under her leadership. CHI St. Alexius Health Medical Center was named a top 20 critical access hospital by the National Rural Health Association in 2023.

The CEOs featured on this list are innovators, dreaming up ways to improve safety, quality, outcomes, service lines, recruitment, retention and more. Knowing just how crucial community access hospitals are to the populations they serve, these CEOs are wholly dedicated to continuous improvement. It honors community access hospital CEOs for their commitment to optimizing healthcare.

Becker's Healthcare is thrilled to feature these accomplished leaders, who are crucial to the successes of their respective organizations. The Becker's Hospital Review editorial team accepted nominations for this list and curated it to highlight the accomplishments of these leaders.

The full list which features individual profiles of all CEOs is available at bit.ly/3RS98bA.