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64 SEP / OCT 2023  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS Hospital Rounds Mercy Joins Mayo Clinic Platform’s Shared Data Network Less than a year in, the 10-year collaboration agreement between Mercy and Mayo Clinic is going global through Mayo Clinic Platform_Con- nect, a distributed data network. After first join- ing with Mercy to collaborate last summer, Mayo Clinic has also reached similar agreements with Brazil's Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Israel's Sheba Medical Center, and Canada's University Health Network. The organizations help patients by using dei- dentified patient data to pinpoint diseases earlier and transform healthcare delivery and the prac- tice of medicine to a much more preventative and wellness care focused model. "The only way to create trustworthy AI that puts patients first is to build global partnerships for the creation and validation of algorithms. Mercy is uniquely positioned to ensure healthcare inno- vations are fair, appropriate, valid, equitable and safe," said John Halamka, MD, president of Mayo Clinic Platform. Each organization will be able to analyze the others’ data from deidentified patient records to look for trends, indicators, risk factors, and more. All data are deidentified and secured in a data network that enables the organizations to work with an extensive set of outcomes without extracting or transferring data between the orga- nizations. Each healthcare system will retain con- trol over its deidentified outcomes throughout the process. Mayo describes it as Data Behind Glass. Baptist Health Announces Hospital Leadership Appointments in North Little Rock, Conway Baptist Health hospitals in North Little Rock and Conway recently welcomed new members to their leadership teams. At Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock, Kimberly Walker, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, has accepted the position of chief nursing officer with nearly 25 years of nursing experience. She most recently served as divisional chief nursing officer over two facilities in Slidell, Louisiana: Ochsner Medical Center - North Shore and Slidell Memo- rial Hospital. Prior to joining Ochsner, Walker was chief nursing officer for St. Joseph Hospital, a Tenet Health facility in Tucson, Arizona. She has held various roles in other leading organizations such as HCA Healthcare with direct oversight respon- sibility of surgical services, emergency services, and critical care. At Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway, Ian Stewart, MBA, has been named associate vice president (AVP) of hospital operations. Stewart joins the Conway hospital’s team with more than 10 years of experience in healthcare, providing leadership and supporting several teams such as environmental services, facilities, therapy, security, biomed, nutritional services, and more. He most recently served as assistant admin- istrator for Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital in Easley, South Carolina. Baptist Health Caregivers Make List of ‘Great 100 Nurses’ Registered nurses from Baptist Health were rec- ognized by the Great 100 Nurses Foundation for their exemplary nursing care, contributions to the profession of nursing, and mentoring of others. The 10 nurses from Baptist Health are: • Sharon Aureli, system neurology program line manager, of Little Rock. • Kristie Brockette, assistant director of med/ surg services and house supervisors, of Lit- tle Rock. • Shelley Elton, occupational health nurse, of Little Rock. • Kasey Grimmett, stroke nurse coordinator, of Little Rock. • Ann Marie Mahan, flex team RN in 3A-North med/surg, of Little Rock. • Kristin Phillips, nurse manager in the emergency department, of Little Rock. • Shannon Smith, nurse retention navigator, of Fort Smith. • Shiquita Stewart, flex team RN in med/surg- pulmonary 7B, of Little Rock. • Norman Swope, nurse manager in 10A-oncology, of Little Rock. • Chengjie Zhao, specialty RN in 10A-oncol- ogy, of Little Rock. St. Bernards Internal Medicine Residency Program Graduates 8 Physicians St. Bernards Internal Medicine Residency Pro- gram graduated eight internal medicine physi- cians on June 16. This group has trained within St. Bernards for the past three years, working in both hospital and clinic settings while training as internal medicine specialists. Graduating physicians included Chief Resident John Armstrong, DO, Hadia Arzoun, MD, Josh Buell, DO, Derek Childers, MD, Anna De Feria, DO, Zachary “Carter” Lee, DO, Austin Richard- son, DO, and Siji Thomas, MD. CARTI Adds Director of Anesthesia CARTI announced Kristopher P. Magnuson, MD, as director of anesthesia for its new on-site sur- gery center. Along with Magnuson, the facility is expected to create 80 new jobs, bringing CARTI’s total employment to more than 950. Before joining CARTI, Magnuson worked at Southern Regional Anesthesia Consultants and for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiol- ogy, he completed a residency in anesthesiology Kimberly Walker, RN, MSN, NEA-BC Ian Stewart, MBA