PeaceHealth names new senior executive

Catholic hospital system PeaceHealth announced it has named Beth O’Brien to the position of chief operating officer (COO). O’Brien will join PeaceHealth, ending her current role as vice president and group executive officer at Catholic Health Initiatives, a system that owns Tacoma-based Franciscan Health System. The hiring comes on the heels of news that PeaceHealth dropped the exclusivity clause with two hospitals it had been planning to affiliate with. The Catholic institution said Cascade…