YOUNGSTOWN Forum Health system names administrator in new post

THE VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN
YOUNGSTOWN -- Forum Health has named Brian Dietz of Boardman to a new position as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Dietz will have administrative responsibility from a patient-centered view over all Forum's hospitals, long-term care and home-care divisions in Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
"In an organization of this size and magnitude, we needed someone to oversee everyone from an operations standpoint," said JoAnne McCliment, a Forum spokeswoman.
She said the company already has chief operating officers at each hospital and each services division who will answer to Dietz.
Dietz has a master's degree in health administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor's degree in sociology from Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Md.
He came to Forum from Magellan Management Corp. in Indianapolis, a hospital consulting company specializing in interim management, turnarounds and strategic planning.
From 1992 through 2001, he was executive vice president and administrator of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Plymouth, Ind.