HSHS: Hospital CFO earns Root Award
Eau Claire, WI – David Nelson, Chief Financial Officer at HSHS Sacred Heart & St. Joseph’s hospitals, received the hospitals’ “Root Award” on February 20 at the hospitals’ Division Leadership Academy. The Division Leadership Academy is a quarterly meeting with hospital leaders from Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals.
The award, which is given twice a year to an outstanding leader at either hospital, is a shadow box containing the portion of an oak tree from the Hospital Sisters’ vegetable garden in Eau Claire. The trunk represents strength, sustained organic growth and “a newbeginning for God’s people.” As it grew in the Sisters’ garden, this portion of the tree trunk supported two large strong branches, which is a representation of the two hospitals.
Nelson joined the hospitals in 2013. He earned his master’s in healthcare administration from the University of Minnesota, and his bachelor’s in accountancy from the University of Mississippi. Nelson is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He also has served as a Wisconsin State Forward Award (State Baldrige Quality Award) examiner and has been a faculty member for Rush University School of Health Management and University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Nelson is also a disaster response team and disaster liaison volunteer with the American Red Cross and a member of the Eau Claire Kiwanis.
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About HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital is an affiliate of the Hospital Sisters Health System. Since 1889 it has been meeting patient needs in western Wisconsin with the latest medical innovations and technology, together with a Franciscan whole-person healing tradition. For more information about HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital, visit www.sacredhearteauclaire.org.
About HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital
HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital, an affiliate of Hospital Sisters Health System, has served the people of the Chippewa Falls area since 1885 with health care that is high tech and, more importantly, high touch. Known locally for the quality of the care it provides patients, the hospital has been recognized nationally for its outstanding patient satisfaction levels. Sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, headquartered in Springfield, Ill., it is an affiliate of Hospital Sisters Health System, one of the nation’s largest Catholic health care systems. To learn more about HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital, visit www.stjoeschipfalls.com.
About Hospital Sisters Health System
Hospital Sisters Health System’s mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high quality Franciscan health care ministry. Sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our 14 Local Systems and physician practices in Illinois (Belleville, Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Highland, Litchfield, Springfield and Streator) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan, and two in Green Bay). For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org.
