Big Bend Regional Medical Center CEO Diane Moore was very happy with the hospital’s performance in 2017, but she has even loftier goals in sight for 2018.
“I’m very happy with the hospital overall,” said Moore. “The employees all pulled together to get our quality scores back up, and every department helped with that. Everybody worked together.”
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