Tampa General’s Jim Burkhart takes over as FHA chair
Jim Burkhart, presidentĀ andĀ CEO of Tampa General Hospital, has beenĀ elected chairman of the Florida Hospital Association‘s board of trustees. The selection took place Thursday at the association’sĀ annual meeting in Orlando. Burkhart succeedsĀ Mark Faulkner, presidentĀ andĀ CEO of Baptist Health Care Pensacola. āIt is a privilege to chair the association on behalf of more than 200 Florida hospitals and health systems,ā Burkhart said in a statement. āIn the year ahead, we will continue to focus on clinical performance improvement and policies intended to foster…