On the Move
Darlene Barnes Appointed Integrated VP at St. Jo's and HHSC
Darlene Barnes (Class of '80 MHSc) has been appointed the Integrated Vice President of Emergency Services, St. Joseph ' s Healthcare and Hamilton Health Sciences effective March 1, 2005 . The integration of senior executive teams at both hospitals represents a new and innovative approach to care delivery. The integrated vice presidents will oversee patient care in the areas of emergency services, cardiac care, pediatrics, cancer care and mental health.
Darlene Barnes is an experienced Executive who has worked more than 30 years in the healthcare field, first as a registered nurse and patient care manager, and then through progressively senior roles in both community and teaching hospitals.
Her experience includes four years as a hospital CEO at York-Finch General Hospital and three years as the first President of merged Humber River Regional Hospital . Currently Darlene is at St. Joseph 's Healthcare Hamilton where she has had responsibility for the divestment of the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital , and more recently as the Vice President, Acute Services and Integrated Vice President with Hamilton Health Sciences for Emergency Services. In 1999, Darlene, at the request of the Ministry of Health, was the independent Chair of an Operational Review Steering Committee reviewing Cambridge Memorial Hospital .
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